Public Service Pensions

HC Deb 24 January 1969 vol 776 cc202-4W

Rear-Admiral Morgan Giles

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will show in tabular form the cost in 1967–68 of public service pensions for each of the following categories, and to show in each case the number of pensioners covered and the number of dependants

					Estimated cost of pensions in 1968–69	Estimated number of pensions at 1st April, 1969
						Retired officers	Widows and dependants
					£
Civil Service	…	…	…	…	84,358,000	235,000	60,000
Armed Forces	…	…	…	…	68,675,000	210,000	25,500
Teachers	…	…	…	…	57,500,000	112,100	3,180
Police—England and Wales*	…	…	…	…	17,000,000	27,700	12,800
Police—Metropolitan	…	…	…	…	7,500,000	14,300	7,200
National Health Service	…	…	…	…	20,200,000	67,700	11,450
Fire Service	…	…	…	…	4,000,000	8,000	3,000
Local Government	…	…	…	…	48,000,000	131,000	28,000
* Excluding Metropolitan Police.

covered separtely, namely, the Civil Service, the Armed Forces, teachers, police, England and Wales, police, Metropolitan, health service, fire service and local government.

Mrs. Hart

Figures for 1967–68 are not immediately available but those for 1968–69 are estimated as follows:—