§ 36 General Sir George Jeffreysasked the Secretary of State for War (1) what are the terms as regards pay and retired pay under which retired officers are re-employed in the Army;
(2) what are the terms as regards promotion under which retired officers are re-employed in the Army;
(3) to what extent is the retired pay of re-employed officers affected, after they have been again relegated to unemployment; by the length of time for which they have been re-employed or by any promotion granted during such re-employment.
§ Sir J. GriggGenerally speaking, such an officer receives the same pay as other officers of the rank in which he is reemployed plus an addition of 25 per cent., but for further details I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to a reply I gave my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Wells (Lieut.-Colonel Boles) on 21st March. Such an officer is eligible for promotion to acting, temporary and war substantive rank under the normal wartime code and any promotion he may attain is reflected in the pay he receives and in the amount of the addition to pay. When he ceases to be re-employed he draws the retired pay which he drew before he was re-employed.
§ Sir G. JeffreysDoes not my right hon. Friend think that this arrangement represents a substantial saving to the Government, and ought not officers to receive all the retired pay which they earned, in addition to the pay for the work they are doing?
§ Sir J. GriggI have tried to explain to my hon. and gallant Friend that in addition to the pay for the work they are doing they get an extra 25 per cent.