§ 120. Mr. W. Wellsasked the Secretary of State for War the normal interval between the receipt of a claim for gratuity by an officer or other rank indefinitely released before June, 1945, and the payment thereof.
§ Mr. LawsonThese claims are dealt with by the Pay Offices as soon as they are received, and there is no delay except in a relatively few cases where the particulars of service are not available. Payment is made by means of a credit in a Post Office Savings Bank account and I understand from my noble Friend the Postmaster-General that the time taken by that Department to issue a Savings Bank book is not more than a week and is usually only two or three days.