§ 79. Sir CLEMENT KINLOCH-COOKEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether an order has been issued recently to the effect that warrant officers are to be allowed to retire at the age of forty instead of fifty; and, if so, whether the pension of £95 per annum at present given to warrant officers on attaining the age of fifty years will date back ten years; and, if not, whether it is the intention of the Admiralty to bring forward a revised scheme of pensions, and at what date?
Mr. LAMBERTThe optional age for retirement in the case of warrant officers has recently been altered from fifty to forty. The scales of pension for warrant officers of the various classes are based on service and not upon age, and there is no intention of altering them.