§ Sir A. HOLBROOKasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the normal yearly wastage in the Civil Service caused by ill-health, death, and retirements under the age limit?
Mr. YOUNGThe average numbers of superannuation awards made each year to established civil servants, or their representatives, on the basis of the last three years, were approximately as follow:—
The Government Actuary has estimated that, on the basis of pre-War experience, 1720W the rates of wastage per thousand of the active staff were:—
On retirement due to ill-health 1,200 On death 520 On retirement on account of age 2,200 These figures relate, of course, to the age constitution which obtained in the Civil Service as a whole during the period covered by the investigation.
Ill-health 5.3 Death 3.2 Age 5.3