§ 95 and 96. Sir T. Beamishasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will show in tabular form how many individuals have been asked to pay to the Treasury the compensation awarded them by an overseas Government for loss of career or interruption of service in order to take up pensionable employment in the Civil Service; on what dates these refunds were made; what period had elapsed since the person concerned had given up overseas employment; and what were the lump sums involved in each case;
(2) in what circumstances, and under what regulations, Her Majesty's Government have offered permanent and pensionable employment to officers formerly employed in overseas territories without reclaiming in full the compensation awarded to them for the interruption of their careers when they ceased to serve overseas.
§ Mr. BrookeWhere the compensation scheme is administered by the Government of an overseas territory, any question of refund of compensation is a matter for that Government. In respect of the Indian and Burman schemes, which are administered by Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, my hon. Friend the Economic Secretary explained the position fully in reply to the adjournment debate on 1st November. The general principle is that Her Majesty's Government should not both pay compensation to a displaced officer for loss of office and also provide him with permanent and pensionable employment.
I regret that information on the Indian and Burman schemes in the detail desired by my hon. and gallant Friend could not be supplied without an 78W undue expenditure of man-hours, but I would refer him to my answer today to a question by my hon. Friend the Member for Wavertree. I am unable to give information in respect of schemes administered by overseas Governments.