asked the Secretary to the Treasury what proportion of the ex-service temporary civil servants employed in the Customs and Excise Department on clerical duties are home-service and overseas, respectively; and how many are men who did not sit for the recent special establishment examinations?

The information asked for by the hon. Member in the first part of the question is not readily available, and could only be obtained at great labour. As regards the second part of the question, approximately 450 did not sit at the recent examinations.