§ MR. JENNINGS (Stockport)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether his attention has been called to statements in The Morning Post of the 10th instant, to the effect that Mr. Daly, a Treasury clerk, was appointed in the present year to the post of Assistant Comptroller of the National Debt Office, at the maximum salary of £1,000, the Regulation salary being £800, rising by £50 annually to £1,000; that within three months of his appointment Mr. Daly produced a medical certificate to the effect that he was suffering from chronic dyspepsia; and that he has now retired upon a large pension; whether these statements are correct; what is the exact amount of the pension on which Mr. Daly has retired; what is his present age; and, whether the medical certificate came from a practitioner employed by the Treasury, or from Mr. Daly's private doctor?
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.)The circumstances in which Mr. Daly retired from the Service are as stated in the Question. Mr. Daly's pension is at the rate of £258 12s. 10d. a-year. It is, perhaps, right that I should point out that Mr. Daly's pension was not increased by reason of his transfer from the Treasury to the National Debt Office, but, on the contrary, it was reduced; for, had he remained at the Treasury, he would have been entitled at the date of his retirement to a larger pension—namely, £271 5s. Mr. Daly's age is 38, and at the date of his retirement he had served 21½ years. The medical certificate was given by Dr. Collins, of Cadogan Place, Belgrave 1760 Square. He was not selected by the Treasury.