§ Mr. Neaveasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many widows survive who married after their husband retired from the Civil Service.
§ Mr. David HowellThere are no records, but it is estimated that there are probably no more than 1,000 widows who married after their husbands retired from the Civil Service.
§ Mr. Neaveasked the Minister for the Civil Service what the cost would be of paying a pension under the widows' pension scheme to widows of civil servants who married after their retirement.
§ Mr. David HowellWe have no means of calculating the cost accurately, but such information as we have suggests that it could be of the order of £100,000 a year.