§ Mr. Mathersasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that 42 ex-Service men in the prison service cannot exceed 24 years or 28–80ths of their pay and emoluments for superannuation; that a further 86 will not reach the maximum pension rates of 40–80ths of their pay and emoluments before the retiring age of 55 years; how many of these are in receipt of service pensions from the fighting forces; and how many are not in receipt of military service pensions who would become eligible for the maximum superannuation if combined service under the Crown were taken into consideration for this purpose?
§ Mr. ElliotThe No. 42 relates to ex-Service men at present in the Scottish prisons service who cannot qualify for a pension of more than 24/80ths of salary before age 55; and the No. 86 to those who will be able to qualify for a pension of from 34 to 38–80ths of salary before that age. Of those men, nine are in receipt of pensions in respect of service with the Forces. I regret that the information asked for in the last part of the question is not available and could not be ascertained without undue expenditure of time and labour.
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§ Mr. Mathersasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether there is any allowance made to officers in the prison service whose quarters have no modern conveniences and are too bad for reconstruction?
§ Mr. ElliotThe answer is in the negative. In the majority of cases the quarters allotted to prisons officers are provided with modern conveniences. In those cases where there is room for improvement in order to comply with modern standards it is intended that alterations should be effected or new quarters provided as soon as possible.
§ Mr. Mathersasked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will state the number of reservists in the prison service who were recalled to the fighting forces on the outbreak of the Great War; the number of men who joined to fill these vacancies; the number called from the prison service under the various defence schemes; and will he say if the military service of these men is taken into consideration for their superannuation?
The numbers of fatal and non-fatal accidents on the roads in the County of Durham and the county boroughs within that county during each of the years, 1930 to 1936 inclusive were:— Police District. — Year. 1930. 1931. 1932. 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936. Durham County … Fatal … 169 123 129 125 142 112 140 Non-fatal … 1,716 2,313 2,399 2,580 2,885 2,792 2,950 Gateshead … Fatal … 14 14 9 12 8 17 6 Non-fatal … 445 462 525 544 430 418 441 Hartlepool … Fatal … 1 — 1 — 1 1 1 Non-fatal … 19 20 21 18 21 20 23 South Shields … Fatal … 11 8 7 8 10 8 9 Non-fatal … 208 221 230 210 245 188 215 Sunderland … Fatal … 15 19 15 14 9 8 8 Non-fatal … 367 476 485 544 506 473 545