§ Mr. E. Johnsonasked the Minister of Defence how many retired officers of the three Armed Services, including the Indian Armed Services, are in receipt of retired pay under each of the six retired pay codes; how many of those officers
1960 1956 1950 1945 1919 re-assessed on account of 1939–1945 war service 1919 Pre-1919 Under 60 … … 5,498 10,527 4,907 9,773 72 1,000 — Over 60 … … 54 754 2,067 7,672 4,675 4,810 20 TOTALS … … 5,552 11,281 6,974 17,445 4,747* 5,810 20 *The increase in this figure is due to the completion of the detailed scrutiny to which I referred in my reply to a similar question by my hon. Friend last year.