§ 93. Sir C. KINLOCH-COOKEasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he will give the number of State pensioners, Naval, Military, Civil Service, police, and teachers, specifying the number under each head, now being paid at pre-war rates, and how many, specifying the number under each head, are in receipt of pensions of £l and under, and what is the lowest pension paid under each head to any single individual; and will he further say what is the age for compulsory retirement in the Navy, Army, Civil Service, police and teaching staff?
§ Mr. BALDWINIn view of the amount of labour involved in analysing the nominal lists of pensioners I regret that I am, for the most part, unable to provide 42 the information desired. For the Civil Service alone it would be necessary to examine individually between 15,000 and 20,000 cases. There is, however, a return of pre-war police pensioners in House of Commons Paper No. 241 of 1919. A civil servant is required to retire on reaching the age of 65; as regards police and teachers there is no general age for compulsory retirement, nor is there an age limit applicable to all ranks of the Navy and Army.