HC Deb 08 March 1915 vol 70 cc1134-5
53. Mr. BARNES

asked whether, in view of a probable high percentage of unemployment at the close of the War, preparations will be made to retire all Civil servants of the age of sixty-five in order to make room for as many unemployed men as possible?

The PRIME MINISTER

Retirement from the Civil Service is obligatory at the age of sixty-five. A very few exceptions are sanctioned, and only on clear grounds of public interest.