§ 4. Major COHENasked the Minister of Pensions what is the estimated amount of savings which will result from the reduction of the pensions of those ex-officers who were awarded a wound pension and retired pay equal to the half-pay of their rank, under the provisions of Article 539, Royal Warrant of 1914?
§ Major TRYONFor the reasons given in my reply of the 9th December last to my hon. and gallant Friend, it is not possible to give any reliable estimate of the results of the procedure of review which is part of the normal work of my Department.
§ 5. Major COHENasked the Minister of Pensions what is the number of ex-officers who, having been awarded a wound pension and retired pay under Article 539, Royal Warrant of 1914, have been allowed to commute any portion of their pension?
§ Major TRYONNo classified record of pensions commuted has been kept by my Department and I regret therefore that I am not in a position to furnish the desired information.
Major 'COHENAm I right in understanding that in commuting a pension the Ministry take into consideration these two joint things retired pay and wound pension, or is it based on only one of them?
§ Major TRYONCommutation in any case can only take place on a pension which is secured, and that is the regular rule.
§ Mr. W. THORNEIs there any case in which a wound pension has been commuted?
§ Major TRYONThe general feeling in all parts of the House is against commutation.