HC Deb 09 July 1923 vol 166 cc900-1
13. Sir ROBERT HAMILTON

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any compensation, in addition to the ordinary retiring allowance, will be granted to civil servants who have lost their employment on being retrenched from the Kenya service before reaching retiring age?

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE

Additional compensation in respect of abolition of office is not proposed, and it has not been customary in East Africa.

Sir R. HAMILTON

May I ask if these officials are being treated on a different basis from retired civil servants on the West Coast?

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE

I cannot say off-hand. But in view of the necessity for cutting down the Kenya Budget by so large a sum in one year, I agree it puts it quite out of the question that any additional sum should be given in these cases.

Sir R. HAMILTON

Is it not a standing rule throughout the British Empire that when a civil servant's office is abolished, he should receive some compensation in respect of the original office?

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE

Yes, he receives compensation. But this is a question of additional compensation, and I am informed that it has not been customary in any case in East Africa.

Sir C. YATE

What compensation do they receive?

Mr. ORMSBY-GORE

I think it is based on one-sixtieth of the salary for so many years' service.

Mr. PRINGLE

Do they receive as liberal terms as the manager of the. British Empire Exhibition?

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