§ 60. Sir H. Williamsasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total number of pensions payable to retired civil servants under the Superannuation Acts, 1934 to 1950, and the total amount of such pensions; the corresponding figures in respect of pensions granted to widows, widowers, dependants and children under 222W those Acts; the total amount of the additional payments under first, the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1920 and 1924, and, secondly, the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1944 and 1947, in respect of all such pensions; and the number of pensions to which these additional payments relate
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterThe following table shows the provision made in the Estimates for 1952–53 for pensions to retired civil servants and their dependants under the Superannuation Acts and the Pensions (Increase) Acts.
— Number of pensions Amount£ Pensions to retired civil servants 103,679 15,973,111 Pensions to widows, widowers, children and other dependants 8,187 491,396 Additional payments under the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1920 and 1924 673 10,373 Additional payments under the Pensions (Increase) Acts, 1944 and 1947 69,213 1,537,270