§ Mr. John Wellsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many United Kingdom retirement pensioners were resident on the island of St. Helena at the last date for which figures are available: and what would be the estimated cost of bringing these retirement pensioners to parity with retirement pensions paid to residents of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. RossiAt 31 December 1981 there were 23 people on the island of St. Helena in receipt of United Kingdom retirement pension. The annual cost, if these pensions were brought into parity with those payable in the United Kingdom, at November 1982 rates, would be £30,043.