Sir R. HALLasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what would be the additional cost if the recommendations made by the Halsey Committee as to pensions were applied to all naval officers who had retired prior to the War over and above that paid to those who were called up for service during the War?
§ Mr. AMERYIt is estimated that the additional cost of applying the new rates of retired pay to all naval officers who had retired before the War, and who had not qualified for re-assessment of service during the War, would be at the rate of approximately £280,000 a year as from the date the new scales were introduced, namely, the 1st April, 1919, on the assumption that the concession would be applied to all officers living at that date. This rate of expenditure would of course decrease as the officers affected died.