§ 97. Mr. LYLEasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the entire cost of pensions to the nation, taking class by class, and including the fighting services, the Civil Service, the police and the teachers?
§ Sir R. HORNEThe total provision for pensions in the Estimates for 1922–23 is approximately £136,000,000, which may be classified as follows:
The last item will be very much greater in subsequent years under the existing scheme of superannuation.
£ War pensions (excluding cost of administration) 85,400,000 Old age pensions 22,600,000 Pensions to State employés: Civil Service (including Revenue Departments) 5,000,000 Navy, Army and Air Force 19,000,000 Judicial, etc. (Consolidated Fund) 160,000 Irish police 2,000,000 Pensions to school teachers in Great Britain 2,000,000
§ Mr. WATERSONMay I ask whether perpetual pensions are included in the Army figures?
§ Sir R. HORNEI am not sure under which category they come. They are included in the general total.