§ MR. J. ROWLANDS (Pinsbury, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, after payment of the £150,000 proposed in the Local Taxation Duties Bill in aid of the Metropolitan Police Superannuation Fund, the total annual amount allowed for the superannuation of the Metropolitan Police will be larger than at present; and, if so, by how much?
§ MR. MATTHEWSThe annual amount allowed for superannuation grows automatically year by year, as more constables become entitled to pension under the existing scale; but there will be no augmentation of that amount as a necessary consequence of the proposed grant of £150,000, or before Parliament has had an opportunity of considering the whole question.