§ Mrs. Cazalet Keirasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that Miss L. B. Bevan, an un-established typist in the Ministry of War Transport, who is 61 years of age and has 25 years' Government service to her credit, will not receive a gratuity if she leaves the service now owing to physical infirmity, on the grounds that 12 years ago she had a voluntary break in service of three months and three weeks; and whether he will consider granting a gratuity to her?
§ Mr. AsshetonI am aware of this case. This officer's service before her resignation was in the Electricity Commission, which is not a Government Department, and in the circumstances there is no power to aggregate that service with subsequent service for the purpose of calculating pension or gratuity.