§ Mr. AMMONasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total remuneration, inclusive of cost of living bonus, received at the present time by a civil servant holding an appointment as assistant director of contracts at the Admiralty, whose salary on a pre-War basis would be £800; whether £800 was the consolidated rate of staff pay drawn in 1914 by an infantry lieutenant-colonel serving as a general staff officer (first grade) at the War Office, and a junior naval captain holding an appointment as assistant director of naval equipment at the Admralty; what are the present emoluments of a general staff officer (first grade) at the War Office and a junior naval captain at the Admiralty; and by what percentages the maximum pensions payable to a civil servant on a pre-War salary of £800, an infantry lieutenant-colonel, and a naval captain retiring at the present time exceed the maximum pensions for which officers of these grades would, respectively, have been eligible on retirement in 1914?
Mr. YOUNGThe pre-War salary of a civil servant holding an appointment as Assistant Director of Contracts at the Admiralty was, in fact, £800 to £900 per annum. It is now £850-£1,000 plus bonus, which at present bonus rates is equivalent to a total salary of £1,157 to £1,307 per annum. The answer to the second part of the question is in the affirmative. The total emoluments of an infantry lieut.-colonel, serving as a General Staff Officer (first grade) at the War Office, are now £1,357 per annum if he is married and £1,290 if he is single. Those of a naval captain, with less than three years' service, serving at the Admiralty are £1,415 per annum.
The maximum pension payable to a civil servant on a pre-War salary of £800 would have been in 1914 £523, including the annuity value of his additional allowance, assuming him to have retired at the age of 60, after 44 years' service, and to have been pensioned on his actual salary. The corresponding figure for 1922, on the same assumptions, would be £694 5s 4d., an increase of 32.74 per cent. If, however, the hon. Member desires to compare the pre-War and post-War pen- 2259W sions of a civil servant holding the post of Assistant Director of Contracts, it might be assumed in each case that he was retiring on his maximum salary. In that case the figures would be:
The maximum retired pay of a lieut.-colonel was in 1914 £420, and is now £600, an increase of 42.86 per cent. The maximum pension of a naval captain was in 1914 £600, and is now £900, an increase of 50 per cent.
£ s. d. 1914 … … … 588 6 4 1922 … … … 835 3 5 Increase—41.91 per cent.