§ Lieut.-Colonel Heneageasked the Secretary of State for War what are the arrangements for officers who have commuted part of their wound or reserve pensions, being paid for service when called up on the reserve or otherwise; and whether they will receive the same pay as other reserve officers with full pensions, and as the officers who are not eligible for pensions?
§ Mr. Hore-BelishaThe rules governing the emoluments of officers compulsorily recalled to service will be found in Article 518 of the Pay Warrant. The general principle is that they receive full pay and allowances and continue to draw any wound pension or disability element of retired pay, but they cease to draw any retired pay, or element of it, based on service, and a deduction is made from pay in respect of any portion of service retired pay which may have been commuted. Officers in receipt of retired pay do not reckon the period of re-employment for increase of retired pay, but receive instead, while re-employed, an addition of 25 per cent. to the normal rates of pay.