§ Mr. Tilneyasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state in table form for each £100 of basic pension from £100 per annum to £1,200 per annum how each Government of the Colonies and ex-Colonies has increased the pension to ex-civil servants; and how these increases compare with those given by the Pensions Increase Act of 1959 to civil servants of the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodI am circulating a table in respect of the overseas Governments with which I am concerned other than Malta. I will send the hon. Member the information in respect of Malta as soon as it is available. The attention of these Governments has been drawn to the provisions of the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1959, and they have been asked to consider sympathetically whether any improvements should be made in their own increase schemes in the light of the further increases now being paid in the United Kingdom. The question of increases paid by the Governments of former Dependent Territories and the South African High Commission Territories is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations.
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BASIC PENSION £100 £200 £300 £400 £500 £600 £700 £800 £900 £1,000 £1,100 £1,200 NOTES U.K. 1959 Act £97 £143 £166 £189 £212 £236 £259 £282 £306 £329 £339 £352 Aden £75 £65 £90 £110 £130 £145 £160 £175 £185 £195 £205 £215 Bahamas £120 £225 £300 £360 £360 £360 £360 £360 £360 £360 £360 £360 Barbados £105 £143 £144 £144 £144 £144 £144 £144 £144 £144 £144 £144 Bermuda £74 £94 £114 £134 £154 £174 £194 £214 £234 £254 £274 £294 Assuming service had been 30 years. British Guiana £150 £150 £150 £150 £150 £150 £150 £150 £150 £150 £150 £150 British Honduras £61 £102 £126 £150 £165 £181 £197 £212 £228 £243 £259 £274 Cyprus £206 £245 £326 £365 £395 £416 £437 £337 £298 £300 £300 £300 Fiji £100 £200 £300 £400 £500 £600 £700 £800 £900 £1,000 £1,100 £1,200 Gambia £50 £100 £150 £160 £180 £210 £210 £210 £210 £210 £210 £210 Hong Kong £105 £135 £165 £191 £216 £241 £266 £291 £316 £341 £366 £391 Jamaica £78 £104 £122 £122 £122 £122 £122 £122 £122 £122 £122 £122 Kenya £50 £89 £135 £179 £224 £269 £314 £354 £385 £400 £400 £400 Mauritius Pensions are increased to the amount which would be payable if the officer had retired currently. Nigeria £50 £100 £150 £160 £180 £210 £210 £210 £210 £210 £210 £210 Northern Rhodesia £60 £110 £164 £218 £273 £327 £382 £414 £416 £416 £416 £416 Nyasaland £37 £74 £111 £149 £186 £223 £260 £289 £289 £289 £289 £289 Palestine £97 £143 £166 £189 £212 £236 £259 £282 £306 £328 £339 £352 U. K. increase Acts are applied. Sarawak £76 £106 £116 £133 £167 £200 £233 £267 £300 £333 £367 £400 Seychelles £40 £60 £60 £50 Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Analagous to U.K. Pensions (Increase) Act, 1947. Sierra Leone £50 £100 £150 £165 £180 £195 £210 £225 £240 £255 £270 £289 Singapore £118 £123 £95 £106 £115 £119 £119 £119 £119 £119 £119 £119 Tanganyika £50 £89 £135 £179 £224 £269 £314 £354 £385 £400 £400 £400 Trinidad £78 £111 £135 £66 £82 £82 £82 £82 £82 £82 £82 £82 A variable addition of between £2 10s. and £30 is also paid. Uganda £50 £89 £135 £179 £224 £269 £314 £354 £385 £400 £400 £400 Windward Islands £72 £78 £78 £78 £78 £78 £78 £78 £78 £78 £68 £78 Zanzibar £50 £89 £135 £179 £224 £269 £314 £354 £385 £400 £400 £400 Falkland Islands £76 £106 £116 £126 £136 £146 £156 £166 £176 £186 £186 £186 Gibraltar Leeward Islands North Borneo St. Helena Somaliland Western Pacific High Commission Territories U.K. 1959 Act £52 £76 £98 £122 £145 £168 £192 £215 £238 £261 £273 £285 For retirement immediately before April, 1948. E.A.H.C. £42 £70 £104 £139 £174 £209 £233 £278 £303 £325 £325 £325 The table is based, except in the case of the East Africa High Commission, on retirement before 1945.