§ Brigadier Prior-Palmerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the cost of pensions granted under the Superannuation Acts, 1935 and 1949, respectively, to widows and other dependants of deceased Civil Service pensioners is met by surrenders or contributions by the retired officers themselves; and to what extent any such pensions are granted under these Acts on a wholly noncontributory basis.
§ Mr. SimonAll such pensions under the Superannuation Act, 1935, are financed by reduction on an actuarial basis of the retired officer's pension. Contributions by civil servants to the schemes for widows and children and for dependants under the Superannuation Act, 1949, are designed actuarially to finance half the cost of the benefits. None of these pensions is non-contributory.