65. Mr. ROBINSONasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total cost of pensions for 12 months to the last convenient date in respect of the Civil Service pensions, Navy Service pensions, Army Service pensions, and Air Force Service pensions?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the TREASURY (Mr. Ronald McNeill)As the reply contains a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the information:
§ The total cost of these pensions for the 12 months ended 31st March, 1926, is as follows:
| £ | |
| Civil Service | 4,693,468 |
| (Plus additional allowances (lump sums) amounting to | 1,038,151) |
| Navy | 6,625,073 |
| Army | 7,780,083 |
| Air Force | 62,685 |
§ In the last three cases the figures in elude widows' pensions.