§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many retired officers receiving Service pensions are employed by his Department.
§ Dr. GilbertThere are 1,898 members of the retired officer class, all of whom receive Service pensions, employed by the Ministry of Defence in posts which would otherwise be filled by serving officers. In addition retired officers serve in many other Civil Service classes which they entered through open competition but their numbers are not recorded.