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MR. A. L. LEVER
(Essex, Harwich)
To ask the Secretary of State for War if he will state the number of officers under forty-five years of age who, under voluntary retirement, are receiving pensions, the amount of the respective pensions, and the total sum of all such pensions for the last financial year; and the number of officers under forty-five years of age who, under compulsory retirement, are receiving pensions or half-pay, the amount of the respective pensions or half-pay allowances, and the total sum of all such pensions or half-pay allowances for the last financial year.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) Officers under forty-five years of age who are in receipt of non-effective pay.
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Officers of the Regular Army. Voluntary retirement to retired pay:—;
| Number. |
Annual Value of Pensions. |
Approximate Charge during 1905–6. |
|
£ |
£ |
| 509 |
81,635 |
78,000 |
Compulsory retirement:—;
(1) To retired pay (on account of permanent ill-health, etc.):—;
| Number. |
Annual Value of Pensions. |
Approximate Charge during 1905–6. |
|
£ |
£ |
| 71 |
8,940 |
8,500 |
(2) To half-pay (temporary, on account of ill-health, etc.):—;
| Number. |
Annual Value of Pensions. |
Approximate Charge during 1905–6. |
|
£ |
£ |
| 131 |
15,636 |
15,500 |
Officers of the Militia, Imperial Yeomanry, Volunteers, and Colonial (Irregular) Forces granted retired pay on account of ill-health due to service in the late South African War.