HC Deb 30 July 1931 vol 255 cc2437-8
16. Mr. MATTERS

asked the Home Secretary how many years a superintendent of the Metropolitan Police must serve in that rank before he can retire on a full pension as a superintendent; how many superintendents have been retired on pension since Lord Byng became Commissioner in October, 1928; how many of these retired officers had reached their maximum pensionable scale in the rank of superintendent; and what was the average period of service of these men in that rank?

Mr. CLYNES

In order to reach the maximum pay of his rank a superintendent must have served in the rank for six years, and in order to qualify for the maximum pension on that rate of pay he must have had 26 years' approved service. Nineteen superintendents have retired on pension since the date mentioned, 12 of them had reached the maximum pay of the rank and their average service in the rank was seven years.

Mr. MATTERS

Does the right hon. Gentleman know whether any of these superintendents were told to retire?

Mr. CLYNES

These are points to which I could not give a satisfactory answer without notice.