§ Mr. MIDDLETONasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury to how many cases the provisions of Section 4 of the Superannuation Act, 1914, have been applied since its enactment; and what appointments have been recognised as approved employment for the purposes of that Section?
§ Mr. PETHICK-LAWRENCEThe appointments which have been recognised as approved employment within the meaning of Section 4 of the Superannuation Act, 1914, are numerous, including, besides a variety of posts in Great Britain, employment in the Dominions, India, certain Crown Colonies, Iraq, Palestine, Tanganyika, Sudan, Zanzibar, China, Siam, Egypt, Turkey, Persia, Greece, Albania, Chile and Liberia, and certain posts under the League of Nations, Reparations Commission and the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague. The number of cases in which awards of pension or gratuity have been made by virtue of the Section is believed to be eight.