§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Defence why the details of Royal Air Force airmen's records of service provided for the Director General of Defence Accounts, Worcester, by PMC Innsworth for the awards calculation are taken from personnel files and not from the computer at Innsworth.
§ Mr. LeeThe RAF personnel management centre provides Director General of Defence Accounts staff at Worcester with service details drawn from both computer and personnel file sources because some information that is needed to assess pensions is not yet shown on the relevant computer print. There are plans to make more use of computers in assessing RAF pensions.