§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for 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 eight retired pay codes;
1964 1962 1960 1956 1950 1945 1919 reassessed on account of 1939–45 War Service 1919 pre-1919 Number of officers in receipt of retired pay (i) Total 2,314 4,362* 5,169 10,906 6,391 15,882 4,122 4,290 8 (ii) No. over 60 27 71 220 1,591 3,412 10,031 4,070 3,663 8 (iii) No. over 70 — — 2 19 129 2,728 2,949 2,592 8 *The fact that this figure is higher by 135 than that reported in reply to a Question on 24th February, 1964 is attributable to a re-examination of the number of cases under this Code.