§ Mr. CONNOLLYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of Members of Parliament in receipt of State pensions at 1st May, 1926; and the annual charge in respect thereof, stating the highest and lowest pension so paid per annum?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThirty - seven Members of the House of Commons were in receipt of pensions from public funds, including War pensions, so far as I have been able to ascertain them, on the 1st May, 1926. The annual cost of their pensions is £16,965. The highest pension is £1,127 10s. per annum; the lowest £84 per annum.
§ Mr. CONNOLLYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of Cabinet Ministers and paid Parliamentary Secretaries in receipt of State pensions, and the annual charge in respect thereof, giving the rate per annum of the highest and lowest pension paid?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLNo Cabinet Ministers or paid Parliamentary Secretaries are in receipt of State pensions.
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§ Mr. CONNOLLYasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of ex-Cabinet Ministers in receipt of State pensions at 1st May, 1926, and the amount of pension per annum in each case and the total annual charge in respect thereof?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThere are only three ex-Cabinet Ministers, namely, Lord Haldane, Lord Olivier and Lord Thomson, who were on 1st May,1926, in receipt of State pensions. The amounts were £5,000, £1,375 and £174 10s. per annum respectively (total cost, £6,549 10s.). None of these is a pension under the Political Offices Pensions Act, 1869.