HC Deb 05 March 1956 vol 549 c171W
Mr. Lucas

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the cost to the Exchequer of increases of pension granted under the Pensions (Increase) Acts, and the corresponding Prerogative Orders for each financial year from 1947–48, and the estimated cost of such increases in the current financial year.

Mr. H. Brooke

The cost to the Exchequer is not shown in the Appropriation Accounts. The following figures have accordingly been drawn from the annual Estimates:

Year Approximate amount £ million
1947–1948 6.8
1948–1949 7.8
1949–1950 7.3
1950–1951 6.9
1951–1952 6.5
1952–1953 8.4
1953–1954 10.9
1954–1955 10.5
1955–1956 10.2