§ Mr. Willisasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the amount of the increase to existing pensions which may be expected under the recently announced scheme of 316W increases for a chief or engine-room artificer, direct entry, pensioned before September, 1939, and recalled for six years' war service; and the amount of pension increase which such rating might have had from Greenwich Hospital increases and increases granted under the Pensions Increase Scheme, 1944, which have to be forfeited under the latest proposals.
Mr. DugdaleHis existing pension for 22 years' service would be 38s. 6d. The increase payable under the re-assessment scheme in respect of six years' war service would be 10s. 4d. Throughout his six years' service, he would have drawn pension in addition to full pay. This would amount to £602. Even if tax had been paid on the full amount at los. in the pound, the net capital sum would be sufficient to buy an additional annuity of 8s. 3d. a week for a man aged 55, or los. 4d. a week for a man aged 6o. The benefits he would surrender are the Age Addition of 2s. 11d. a week at age 55, and a possible 10s. 4d. a week pensions increase at age 60. The latter would depend on whether he is married or single, and on his private income, and, of course, would be variable with any future changes in the Pensions Increase Act. For men entered before 1925 there is also a second Age Addition of 2s. 4d. payable at age 65