HC Deb 01 March 1966 vol 725 cc269-70W
Sir J. Gilmour

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number, type and location of Army Volunteer Reserve units in Scotland.

Mr. Reynolds

Subject to possible changes in a few cases, the list is as follows:—

are conditioned on the recipients receiving other forms of payment or expenses from private or public sources.

Mr. J. P. W. Mallalieu

By custom, these officers go on to half pay, not a pension, when they are no longer working. Half pay now amounts to £3,900, which is roughly the same as a pension would be, and 25 officers now get it. Half pay is not affected by other payments, but there are five officers of this rank who get neither full pay nor half pay.