§ 14. Mr. MARDY JONESasked the Minister of Pensions if he will state the number of young officers who were trained at Sandhurst, and in like military colleges, from 1912 onwards, and who undertook active service in the Great War of 1914–1918, and who have since been totally disabled and who are now entirely dependent upon their Service pensions, and who, owing to their War service, are unable to find openings in any other professional or commercial spheres; and will he, in such cases, place such regular officers on the same scales of pensions as temporary officers who were also totally disabled in the said War?
§ Major TRYONI regret that I am not in a position to give the information asked for in the first part of the question. With regard to the second part, regular officers receive disability retired pay at rates which are never less favourable than those granted to temporary officers, and generally are higher.