§ Mr. AMMONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the average age at which civil servants of the higher division and naval and military officers, respectively, commence to draw pay from public funds; and whether the greater part of the cost of educating a naval or military cadet is borne by public funds, whereas candidates from the higher division of the Civil Service have normally to be maintained at a university until the age of 22 at their parents' charges?
§ Mr. BALDWINThe average ages at which civil servants of the first division and naval and military officers, respectively, commence to draw pay from public funds are as follow:
- Civil servants, 23 to 24.
- Naval officers (midshipmen), 18.
- Military officers, 19 to 20.
The greater part of the cost of the naval or military education of a cadet is borne by public funds. No charge falls on public funds in respect of first division civil servants as prospective candidates for the Civil Service.