§ Mr. Wallasked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation what is the number of overseas pensioners in each overseas territory whose pensions and pension increases are paid through the Crown agents; how many are receiving less than the United Kingdom rates; and what is 225W the annual cost of the basic pension and the annual cost of supplement to United Kingdom rates.
§ Mr. R. CarrThe latest estimate of numbers of overseas pensioners whose basic pensions and pensions increases are paid through the Crown Agents, together with the estimated annual cost of the basic pensions are as follows:
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Overseas Country Approximate number of overseas pensioners (including dependants) paid through Crown Agents Estimated annual cost of Basic pensions (exclusive of overseas increases) (a) (b) (c) £ Ceylon 535 165,000 Cyprus 79 26,000 E.A.C.S.O 849 404,000 Ghana 330 50,000 Jamaica 86 15,000 Kenya 1,574 715,000 Malaya 1,635 717,000 Nigeria 2,363 783,000 Sabah 42 23,000 Sarawak 64 43,000 Sierra Leone 291 72,000 Somali Republic 47 13,000 Tanganyika 1,227 561,000 Trinidad 87 18,000 Uganda 826 385,000 Zanzibar 51 18,000 Aden 30 8,000 Barbados 11 3,100 Bechuaraland, Basutoland and Swaziland 20 6,400 Bermuda 10 2,500 British Guiana 105 30,000 British Honduras 11 1,500 Falkland Islands 15 3,000 Fiji 47 14,000 Gambia 31 7,000 Gibraltar 9 1,000 Hong Kong 682 265,000 Leeward Islands 6 550 Malta 12 2,400 Mauritius 115 26,200 Northern Rhodesia 281 116,200 Nyasaland 169 65,500 St. Helena 1 250 Seychelles 2 350 Western Pacific High Commission 4 1,150 Windward Islands 6 700 Mixed Service 2,900 1,340,250 2. Some 9,500 supplements have been awarded under (he United Kingdom Pensions (Increase) Act, 1962, to pensioners whose overseas pensions increases are less than those payable to public service pensioners in the United Kingdom. The cost is approximately £1 million per annum.
§ Mr. Wallasked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation what estimate he has made of the cost of assuming responsibility for all overseas pensions up to the date of the various countries' independence, together with authorised pension increases; and how many pensioners would be involved.
§ Mr. R. CarrOver £10½ million per annum an over 22,000 pensioners.