§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for War how many civil servants in his Department over the past 10 years, giving the ranks, went within 2 years of retirement or resignation to other jobs and sought permission within the ruling of paragraph 5 of Command Paper No. 5517, specifying which subsection of that paragraph was involved and the firm involved in each case.
§ Mr. ProfumoThe Answer I gave the hon. Gentleman on 30th November covered all applications by civil servants under Command Paper No. 5517 for permisison to take up posts with industrial firms within two years of retirement from the Civil Service. In each instance the application fell under subsection (a) of Paragraph 5 of the Command Paper.