§ Mr. Carrasked the Minister of Overseas Development what is the scale of the increases proposed for the staff, travel and development work of the Overseas Liaison Unit of the National Institute of Agricultural Engineering.
§ Mrs. CastleSubject to Parliamentary approval, I propose to provide in the next financial year for an additional experimental officer in the Overseas
GRADUATED PENSION SCHEME* £ Thousands (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Financial Year Graduated contributions Payments in lieu of graduated contributions Total income (Column 2 plus Column3) Graduated additions to pensions 1961–62 147,018 1,002 148,020 15 1962–63 176,999 4,729 181,728 130 1963–64 (provisional) 222,034 7,074 229,108 450 1964–65 (part-year) (estimate to end of February, 1965) 245,500 7,250 252,750 850 * Graduated contributions are paid in equal shares by employees and employers; and employers may deduct up to half the amount of a payment in lieu from any refund of contributions due to the employee from the occupational pension scheme for the period covered by the payment.