§ 16. Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the 25 per cent. bonus on the full pay earned by retired officers and Emergency List officers is a definite grant in lieu of pension which is suspended and cannot be increased by time served during the War and a definite grant on re-employment in time of war?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe 25 per cent. bonus referred to, plus full pay, is paid to retired officers and officers on the Emergency List re-employed. So far as the retired officers are concerned, it is a payment in lieu of counting service for further pension during re-employment.
§ 17 and 18. Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty (1) whether he is aware that retired and emergency officers employed in departments outside the Admiralty—namely, transport officers, port convoy officers, shipping intelligence officers, officers in charge of D.A.M.S., and commodores of convoys—are receiving consolidated pay plus the 25 per cent. bonus; if he can see his way to give similar treatment to retired and emergency officers employed in departments inside the Admiralty, and to make the rectification retrospective; (2) whether he can say, in view of the provisions of the Orders in Council regarding the employment of retired officers in time of war, dated 8th March, 1895, and 12th November, 1900, 16th May, 1904, 5th March, 1910, 5th July, 1911, 3rd February, 1915, and 15th February, 1916, and in view of the provisions of the Orders in Council regarding the employment of emergency officers in time of war, dated 13th May, 1901, and 11th February, 1913, why retired and emergency officers employed at the Admiralty are debarred from receiving the consolidated rate of pay of their rank and in addition the 25 per cent. bonus on their full pay, less allowances, as provided for by these Orders in Council?
§ Dr. MACNAMARAAs regards retired and emergency officers recalled to employment at the Admiralty, they receive pay and allowances plus bonus, or consolidated pay where the same is more to their advantage. As regards retired and emergency officers specified in question No. 17, they get consolidated pay plus 25 per cent. bonus. This was decided upon after careful consideration.
§ Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEIs not the right hon. Gentleman aware that men now employed in provincial towns are getting the consolidated rate of pay, plus the bonus, and not in London, where it costs a great deal more to live than in provincial towns.
§ Dr. MACNAMARAThe hon. Member is right in the points of Question 17. The officers therein specified are getting consolidated pay plus bonus. Those who are 1446 recalled for service at the Admiralty receive pay and allowances, plus bonus, or consolidated pay. The matter was decided after very careful consideration, and I cannot carry the matter beyond that.