§ Mr. Gordon Campbellasked the Secretary of State for Defence on what date it was announced that increases in Service pay and pensions effective from the 1st April, 1968 applied to those eligible for retired pay or pensions on or after 1st February, 1968; and whether all those so 384W eligible who retired between 1st February and 1st April, 1968 are now in receipt of the appropriate increases in retired pay, pensions and terminal grants.
§ Mr. Reynolds:The date of application of the increases to which the hon. Member refers was first published in the White Paper on Service Pay and Pensions (Cmnd. 3756) which was laid before Parliament on 18th September, 1968. Payment of the appropriate increases is complete with the exception of a handful of cases involving special circumstances. If the hon. Member has any particular case in mind and will let me have the details I will look into it.