§ 21. Major Sir BERTRAM FALLEasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he is aware that disabled officers who retired under the special terms laid down in A.F.O. 1358/1922 are not considered by the Ministry of Pensions to be eligible for disablement pensions, on the ground that they have received special treatment by the Admiralty; and whether the 5½ per cent. reduction in retired pay will be applicable to these officers?
§ Mr. HODGESI am aware that the Ministry of Pensions does not regard officers retired upon the special terms granted in 1922 for the purpose of clearing the lists as eligible for disability retired pay under its Regulations. As regards the second part of the question, the special rates of retired pay sanctioned in 1922 are subject to the 5½ per cent. reduction, except in certain cases of young officers who were given the right to commute the whole of their retired pay.