§ Mr. G. Johnson Smithasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many people were receiving 289W increments to their retirement pensions after the first seven years' working of the increment arrangements, and after the following seven years; and what percentage they represented of the total number of retirement pensioners.
§ Mrs. ThatcherThe figures are shown in the following table:
RETIREMENT PENSIONERS RECEIVING INCREMENTS TO THEIR PENSIONS: NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF ALL RETIREMENT PENSIONERS IN 1955 AND 1962 Year Retirement pensions in payment at end of year (a) Retirement pensioners receiving increments (a) Thousands Thousands Per cent. 1955 … 4,548 562 12 1962 … 5,814 1,487 26 (a) Estimated from a 5 per cent. sample.