Oral Answers to Questions — Government Departments. – in the House of Commons at on 4 March 1924.
Mr James Hogge
, Edinburgh East
asked the Chancellor of the exchequer whether, in view of the fact that permanent civil servants in almost every case are granted consider ably longer holidays and yet work shorter hours than temporary civil servants doing approximately the same work, and in view of the additional advantages in the way of pay, superannuation, and pension rights held by the permanent civil servants, he will take steps to get rid of this anomaly?
Mr. GRAHAM:
While the hon. Member is mistaken in supposing that permanent civil servants in almost every case are granted considerably longer holidays, and yet work shorter hours than temporary civil servants doing approximately the same work, it is the case that in general the permanent staff are eligible for longer holidays. In view of the different conditions of service and of recruitment it would be difficult to agree that the terms of employment of permanent and temporary civil servants should necessarily be identical in this respect.
The chancellor of the exchequer is the government's chief financial minister and as such is responsible for raising government revenue through taxation or borrowing and for controlling overall government spending.
The chancellor's plans for the economy are delivered to the House of Commons every year in the Budget speech.
The chancellor is the most senior figure at the Treasury, even though the prime minister holds an additional title of 'First Lord of the Treasury'. He normally resides at Number 11 Downing Street.
