§ Sir J. Edenasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total number, respectively, of Armed Forces and public service pensioners now living who retired at ages 45 to 50, 50 to 55, 55 to 60 and 60 to 65.
§ Mr. MacDermotThe great majority of the Armed Forces retire below 60. In most civilian public services nearly all employees retire at or after 60. In the Police, Fire Services, and overseas civil services however most officers retire at earlier ages. The precise figures asked194W for cannot be supplied without consulting the individual records of hundreds of thousands of pensioners, and I regret that this is not practicable.