§ Sir W. Darlingasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the revenue per head of the population collected from taxpayers in the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, and the United Kingdom, respectively, for the years 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954.
§ Mr. H. BrookeI am advised that the amounts per head in the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands for the last five financial years are as follows:
and £2,000, between £500 and £1,000 and under £500, in 1938, 1945, 1951 and 1954, respectively.
§ Mr. H. BrookeThe information is given in the following table:
§ Mr. H. BrookeThe answer to the first part of the Question is about 110,000. The precise information asked for in the second part is not available, but there are about 73,000 pensions below £250 which began before 1st April, 1952, of which about 68,000 receive increases averaging £34.
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§ Sir J. Crowderasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state the maximum amounts to which pensions, awarded on the basis of 1939 salary scales for 40 years' pensionable service, can be increased as a result of the Pensions (Increase) Acts; and the corresponding pensions payable to those now retiring in respect of civil servants in the grades of clerical officer, executive officer, senior executive officer, principal administrative grade, and assistant secretary.
§ Mr. H. BrookeThe following is the reply:
Grade 1939 Pension with Maximum Pensions Increase Pensions to Officers retiring 31.12.54 £ £ Clerical Officer 254 284 Executive Officer 349 395 Senior Executive Officer 499 605 Principal 605 767 Assistant Secretary 825 1,083