§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will 2273W set out the basic rate of pension of a man who completed full service in the Civil Service before the War, showing the increase under the 1920 and 1924 Acts, respectively, and of a man retiring to-day on a post-War pension?
Mr. SAMUELUnder the Superannuation Act, 1909, the pension of a male civil servant is as many eightieths of his final salary or yearly wages and emoluments as he has years of service, the maximum pension being one-half of the
Basic Salary at retirement. Pre-war Pension. Post-war Pension. Maximum pre-war (basic) Pension. Maximum pre-war (basic) Pension as increased under Pensions (Increase) Act, 1920. Maximum pre-war (basic) Pension as increased under Pension (Increase) Act, 1924. Maximum Pension of a man retiring to-day (including supplement in respect of bonus at cost-of-living figure 70). Per annum. Per annum. Per annum. Per annum. Per annum. £ £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 50 25 37 10 0 42 10 0 42 10 0 100 50 75 0 0 82 10 0 83 7 6 200 100 140 0 0 150 0 0 149 10 6 260 130 150 0 0 150 0 0 186 15 6 (unmarried men). (unmarried men). 182 0 0 182 0 0 (married men). (married men). 300 150 150 0 0 150 0 0 211 12 6 (unmarried men). (unmarried men). 195 0 0 195 0 0 (married men). (married men). 400 200 200 0 0 200 0 0 273 15 0 NOTE.—Beyond this point there is no increase under the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1920 and 1924, and on post-war salaries the rate of bonus and consequent increase of pension decreases progressively until it disappears altogether at a salary of £2,000.