§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Minister for the Civil Service what was the total cost of index-linked pensions for former public service employees in each year since 584W 1971; and what is the estimated cost for 1977.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe table below shows the total cost, for each financial year since 1971, of pensions paid to former public service employees covered by the major public service schemes, that is civil servants, teachers, National Health Service and local government staffs, policemen, firemen and members of the Armed Forces, and estimates the cost for 1976–77. The figures include only retirement pensions paid on the grounds of age or ill-health and therefore exclude payments to widows, children and other dependants and non-recurring payments such as lump sums, transfer values and refunds of contributions.
£m 1971–72 … … … 345 1972–73 … … … 400 1973–74 … … … 480 1974–75 … … … 555 1975–76 … … … 700 1976–77 … … … 925