asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will review the policy of sanctioning expenditure required by the practice of a Permanent Secretary of the Office of Works proceeding overseas to visit buildings erected or furnished by His Majesty's Government; and will he consider whether it would be more economical and equally satisfactory to allow discretion to the technical officers of the Department to decide on the spot matters relating to the furnishing of such buildings which fall within the scope of their technical duties?
This is a matter which is primarily in the decision of the First Commissioner of Works, and I am satisfied that the expenditure in question has been properly incurred.
asked the First Commissioner of Works whether the matter was referred to the Treasury before a junior clerical officers, female junior clerical officers, and higher grade clerical officers, employed in the general clerical class on 1st April, 1928, were is follow:
— | Men. | Women. | Total. |
Junior Clerical Officers. | 15,600 | 5,426 | 21,026 |
Higher Clerical Officers. | 1,935 | 472 | 2,407 |
No, Sir.