§ Major Legge-Bourkeasked the Secretary of State for War how many of the 142 brigadiers shown on the Active List in the 1956 Army List are commanding brigades; what relevant changes have occurred since publication of that List; how many officers hold the rank of temporary brigadier; how many of these command brigades; how many substantive or temporary brigadiers hold the appointment of brigadier general staff on corps or higher formation headquarters; how many other appointments are there which carry the rank of substantive or temporary brigadier; the total cost of the pay and allowances of all these officers; and what would be the cost of pensioning off those of them who have no prospect of further promotion.
§ Mr. HeadOf the 140 Regular and 2 Territorial substantive brigadiers shown in the Army List for December, 1955, 31 have since retired, one has died, one is temporarily unemployed and 44 have been promoted substantive or temporary major-generals. Seventy officers have been promoted to fill the vacancies. Two hundred and forty-six officers hold the rank of temporary brigadier. These substantive and temporary brigadiers either command brigades or hold general staff, 71W arms, services and miscellaneous staff appointments. It is not in the public interest to disclose the number of brigadiers commanding brigades.
The full pay and allowances of brigadiers amount to about £1 million a year. The extra cost of retiring now, instead of at the end of their appointments, those who are in their last appointment and known to have no further chance of employment would be about £90,000.
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Association Army R.A.F. Establishment Cost a head Establishment Cost a head (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) £ £ £ £ Aberdeen, Banff and Kincardine … 6,530 6.3 649 5.4 Anglesey and Caernarvon … 1,218 9.4 — — Angus and Dundee City … 4,295 6.7 104 23.7 Antrim and City of Belfast … 7,464 4.6 615 3.5 Armagh and Down … 2,085 6.5 — — Argyll … 1,253 8.6 — — Ayr … 3,086 8.8 — — Bedford … 2,730 7.2 22 2.7 Berkshire … 3,746 7.3 — — Buckingham … 2,011 6.6 — — Cambridge and Isle of Ely … 2,291 8.9 — — Carmarthen, Pembroke and Cardigan 2,322 11.8 — — Cheshire … 9,533 6.5 213 1.5 Cornwall … 2,837 10–2 — — Cumberland and Westmorland … 2,529 9 — — Denbigh and Flint … 1,893 11.1 — — Derby … 4,769 7.9 — — Devon … 5,782 7.6 899 6.1 Dorset … 2,871 9.9 — — Dumbarton … 1,405 7.9 — — Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Wigtown 1,125 9.6 — — Durham … 15,029 6.7 17 10 Edinburgh City, Lothians and Peebles 10,696 6.1 898 4.5 Essex … 14,543 5.8 580 0.9 Fife … 3,745 6 — — Glamorgan … 11,002 5.3 694 2.3 Glasgow City … 14,299 4.3 1,002 3.8 Gloucester … 8,522 7.2 361 5.4 Hampshire and Isle of Wight … 12,508 7 253 9.9 Hereford, Brecknock and Radnor … 1,495 8.7 — — Hertford … 3,084 7.5 — — Huntingdon and Northampton … 2,822 12.1 241 4.2 Isle of Man … 826 5.2 — — Kent … 14,150 7 457 14.8 Lanark … 4,343 6.6 — — Lancaster (East) … 21,330 5.5 576 3.1 Lancaster (West) … 25,337 4.9 1,395 2.7 Leicester and Rutland … 4,484 7.1 — — Lincoln … 4,663 7.1 — — London City … 16,748 4.6 356 3.6 London County … 35,194 5.9 517 6.3 Londonderry, Tyrone and Fermanagh 2,810 4.6 — — Merioneth and Montgomery … 783 10.8 — — Middlesex … 16,423 5.9 998 8.2 Monmouth … 5,075 6.4 — — Norfolk … 3,852 8.4 174 5.1 Northern Counties … 3,422 7.4 196 4.8 Northumberland … 10,941 6.5 452 3 Nottingham … 6,758 6.9 818 2.5 Orkney … 289 11.1 — — Oxford … 2,195 7.8 — —