§ 1. Mr. GEORGE GRIFFITHSasked the Secretary of State for War the number of officers of various ranks in the Army retired as surplus to requirements subsequent to 1st April, 1935; the average amount of compensation given and the amount according to rank; also the number who received an increase in their retired pay under special terms?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Sir Victor Warrender)I assume the hon. Member is referring to the voluntary retirement, with special terms, of certain officers of the Infantry and the Royal Artillery under the schemes introduced in 1934 and 1935 to even the flow of promotion in these arms. The total number of officers who were retired under these conditions was 208, and the compensatory addition to their retired pay, irrespective of rank, amounted to approximately £54 a year.