§ MR. PIRIE (Aberdeen, N.)To ask the Secretary of State for War can he state for the five years, 1898 to 1903, respectively, the totals for half-pay required for officers eligible for employment, specifying the percentage of those sums, also that of the Non-effective Vote to the Army Estimates for each year.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Brodrick.) The figures showing the amount of half-pay taken in Army Estimates, and the percentage to the normal Estimates, are as follows:—
| Half-pay | Percentage. | |
| 1898–1890 | 76,800 | .40 |
| 1899–1900 | 78,100 | .38 |
| 1900–1901 | 71,000 | .24 |
| 1901–1902 | 73,000 | .25 |
| 1902–1903 | 80,000 | .27 |