31. Sir G. THOMASasked the Pensions Minister what are the duties and the conditions, including emoluments of the appointment, of the Director of Medical Services to the Ministry of Pensions; is it a whole-time appointment; and is it for any limited period?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of PENSIONS (Sir A. Griffith-Boscawen)The Director of Medical Services to the Ministry of Pensions is entrusted with the administrative control of the Chelsea Medical Board, of the Special Medical Boards in London and the provinces, and of the other medical services of the Ministry, and also acts as advisor in matters of treatment and in the establishment and supervision of institutions for this purpose. The appointment (which is for no specified period) is a whole-time one, carrying a non-pensionable salary of £1,200 a year, the amount to be subject to reconsideration after the War. In the case, however, of the present holder, Sir John Collie, the Treasury have, at my request, sanctioned the payment of a salary personal to himself of £1,500 a year.