§ Mr. Houghtonasked the Secretary to the Treasury the estimated cost, in the current financial year and in each of the next two years, of the additions to Civil Service pensions, as distinct from other public service pensions, sanctioned by the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1952, and by what amount the yearly cost of such additions is expected to diminish annually as the number of Civil Service pensioners affected is reduced by death.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterThe estimated cost is as follows:
1953–54 … … About 1,810,000 1954–55 … … About 1,720,000 1955–56 … … About 1,630,000 The cost is likely to fall by about £90,000 a year at first, but this rate of diminution may vary a good deal in later years.