§ Mr. A. HERBERTasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether there has recently been a reassessment of officers' retired pay; and whether officers are still receiving retired pay on pre-War scale?
§ Mr. AMERYRevised rates of retired pay were sanctioned with effect from the 1st April, 1919, for all officers retired thereafter and for all officers previously retired who served during the War in any service capacity, except officers retired or relegated to the retired list for misconduct. All officers entitled are in receipt of the new rates of retired pay, and the only officers in receipt of retired pay on the pre-War scale are those retired before the War who did not serve during it, those to whom the pre-War rates are more favourable than the new rates and a few officers who were retired from the Service or relegated to the retired list for misconduct and whose cases are still under consideration. Where hardship has been represented owing to the new rate being unsettled in the case of the officers retired for misconduct, advances2226W have been made in anticipation of the new rates, subject only to a margin of safety.