§ Mr. ELLISasked the Prime Minister whether Sir Robert Anderson, formerly in the Home Department, retired from the public service with a pension or pensions from the public funds; and, if so, what was their nature and amount and for how long have they been enjoyed?
§ The PRIME MINISTEROn his retirement from the post of Assistant Commissioner of Police in 1901 Sir Robert Anderson was assigned a pension of £900, which he still draws. It is payable partly from the Superannuation Vote and partly from police funds. He has no other pension.
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§ Mr. HAZLETONasked the Secretary to the Treasury if he would state whether Sir Robert Anderson was in possession of a pension; and, if so, what was the amount; whether such a pension was in respect only of work done at the Home Office, or whether its amount was calculated on work of any special nature or work done in any other branch of the public service?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLOn his retirement from the post of Assistant Commissioner of Police, in 1901, Sir Robert Anderson was granted a pension of £900 a year. The service in respect of which this pension was awarded included service at the Home Office before 1877, service from 1877 to 1888 as Secretary to the Prison Commissioners, and service from 1888 to 1901 as Assistant Commissioner of Police.
Mr. POWERasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether Mr. Monro, mentioned in Sir Robert Anderson's correspondence, was in receipt of a pension; and, if so, what was the amount of the pension he received?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLMr. Monro served as Assistant Commissioner and Commissioner of Police for about six years only, and, therefore, received no pension on his retirement.
§ Mr. HAZLETONasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Homo Office has in its possession papers relating to the dynamite explosions that took place some years ago at the headquarters of the secret police, Exchange Court, Dublin, and at the Four Courts, Dublin; if so, whether he will lay these papers upon the Table of the House or allow them to be inspected at the Home Office; whether Sir Robert Anderson was at the time of those explosions an official of the Home Office or of the Criminal Investigation Department; and whether in the discharge of his duties he was in any way connected with the investigation in to the explosions referred to?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe only papers in the Home Office connected with these explosions relate to the visits of the Chief Inspector of Explosives to Dublin, and his examination of the sites and the debris. Sir Robert Anderson was the Assistant-Commissioner at Scotland Yard, and there is nothing either in the Home Office or in Scotland Yard to show that he was in any way concerned in the investigations.