§ Mr. Tilneyasked the Lord Privy Seal if he will state, in table form for each £100 of basic pension from £100 per annum to £1,200 per annum, how the former Somaliland Protectorate has increased pensions to ex-civil servants; and how 117W these increases compare with those given by the Pensions Increase Act, 1959, to civil servants in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Godber:The Pensions (Increase) Act, 1959, awarded percentage increases which varied according to the retirement date of the pensioner. I take it that my hon. Friend has in mind the total increase payable to United Kingdom pensioners under each of the post-war pensions increase Acts, including that of 1959, and the total increase awarded to pensioners of the former Somaliland Government over the same period of time. In the appended table, all the Somaliland increases fall below those for the United Kingdom.
Basic Pension Somaliland Increases United Kingdom Increases £ £ £ 100 76 97 200 106 143 300 116 166 400 126 189 500 136 212 600 146 236 700 156 259 800 166 282 900 176 306 1,000 186 329 1,100 186 339 1,200 186 352