* MR. GODDARD CLARKE (Camberwell, Peckham)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General whether the ordinary sick leave regulations, as stated by the chief medical officer, when giving evidence before the Select Committee, to be six months full pay and six months half-pay, apply to officers who are alleged to be suffering from mental infirmity; and, if not, what is the general practice in such cases, and after what lapse of time is an officer reported on as unfit for the service and recommended for pension.
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONthe regulations regarding sick leave and pay apply in the case of officers suffering from mental infirmity in the same manner as in other cases. So long as there is a reasonable prospect of eventual recovery sick pay is allowed to established officers, up to a limit of six months on full pay and six months on half pay; but when an officer is certified to be permanently incapacitated he is retired with the, pension or gratuity provided by the Superannuation Acts.
§ MAJOR ANSTRUTHER-GRAYIs that the invariable rule?
§ MR. SYDNEY BUXTONI imagine so as regards established officers.