HC Deb 20 March 1933 vol 276 cc14-5
8. Duchess of ATHOLL

asked the Secretary of State for India if he will state the number of British candidates for admission to the Indian Civil Service who have offered themselves in each year since 1919, inclusive?

Sir S. HOARE

With my Noble Friend's permission, I will circulate a statement in the OFFICIAL. REPORT giving the information for which she asks.

Following is the statement:

NUMBER of European British subjects who were candidates for appointment to the Indian Civil Service by open competition, 1919–1932.
1919 … … 0 1926 … … 85
1920 … … 1 1927 … … 100
1921 … … 15 1928 … … 103
1922 … … 19 1929 … … 92
1923 … … 28 1930 … … 79
1924 … … 23 1931 … … 93
1925 … … 59 1932 … … 83

NOTE—The ex-service candidates (some five or six hundred in number) who offered themselves for appointment, otherwise than by open competitive examination, in the years immediately succeeding the War, are not included in this statement.

9. Duchess of ATHOLL

asked the Secretary of State for India if he will state the number of British officers of the Indian Civil Service and Indian Police who have retired each year since 1919, inclusive, on proportionate pension?

Sir S. HOARE

As the answer contains a number of figures, I will, with my Noble Friend's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the answer:

Annual retirements on proportionate pension of British officers of the Indian Civil Service and the Indian Police from 1921 to date:

Year. I.C.S. I.P.
1921 (November-December) 2 3
1922 51 74
1923 22 18
1924 20 5
1925 3 3
1926 11 4
1927 6 8
1928 4 4
1929 9 6
1930 11 7
1931 15 14
1932 4 4
1933 1 1
Total 159 151

The Premature Retirement Rules did not come into force until 8th November, 1921, in respect of officers serving elsewhere than in Burma., and on 2nd January, 1923, in respect of officers serving in Burma.