HC Deb 04 February 1952 vol 495 cc96-8W
Captain Ryder

asked the Prime Minister if he can give comparable figures for the rates of long service pensions payable to men who have served in the police, the fire service and the fighting services in 1938, 1947 and 1952.

The Prime Minister

No truly comparable figures can be given, since the pension codes for the fighting services on the one hand and for the police and the fire service on the other are based on quite different principles; they are related to different kinds of career and to ages of retirement which are normally different.

TABLE I—FIGHTING SERVICES
Weekly rates
Year of discharge Rank (Army) Award after service of
22 years 30 years 37 years
s. d. s. d. s. d.
1938 ("old code") … Private … 19 3 26 0 26 0
Sergeant … 27 8½ 36 0 36 0
W.O.I … 36 9 48 1½ 55 0
1947 ("new code") … Private … 26 4 43 4 70 0
Sergeant … 34 0 53 3 80 0
W.O.I … 42 10 62 6 95 7
1952* … Private … 26 4 (+£100) 43 4 (+£180) 71 4 (+£250)
Sergeant … 40 10 (+£200) 61 10 (+£320) 91 10 (+£425)
W.O.I … 52 10 (+£300) 78 4 (+£460) 115 7 (+£600)
* "New Code" as improved from 1950—terminal grant shown in brackets.

TABLE II—POLICE
Weekly rates
Year of retirement Rank Award after service of
25 years 30 years
s. d. s. d.
1938 … … Constable … … … 58 11 63 5
Sergeant … … … 69 10 75 1
1947 … … Constable … … … 69 10 93 l
Sergeant … … … 82 3 109 8
1952 … … Constable … … … 81 0 109 2
Sergeant … … … 93 11 125 4

TABLE III—FIRE SERVICE
Weekly rates
Year of retirement Rank Award after service of
25 years 30 years
s. d. s. d.
1938 … … Fireman … … 39 7 63 4
Sub-Officer … … 46 11 75 0
1947 … … Fireman … … 58 4 93 4
Sub-Officer … … 68 9 110 0
1952 … … Fireman … … 83 9 111 8
Sub-Officer … … 97 9 130 4

NOTE: The 1938 pensions are liable to increase under the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1944 and 1947, and the corresponding Service Instruments.

Typical awards under the respective codes are shown in the following tables: