§ Mr. Nicholas BennettTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out the basis on which the pensions 691W of retired Royal Air Force personnel with 22 years service or more are funded, together with any changes which may have been made in the funding of their pensions since 1964.
§ Mr. FreemanPensions paid to RAF personnel, in common with those paid to retired members of the armed forces generally, are met direct from Defence funds voted annually by Parliament. This has always been the case.