§ MR. SNOWDENTo ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the special payment to pension officers for the preliminary Old-age Pensions work will be made according to the number of pension claims as in the cases of postmasters and clerks to pension committees, or whether the whole circumstances of the work in the particular district will be taken into account.
(Answered by Mr. Lloyd-George.) The basis upon which the proposed gratuities are to be calculated has not yet been settled, but due regard will be had both to the quantity and quality of the work performed.