HC Deb 20 January 1972 vol 829 c207W
1. Mr. Pardoe

asked the Minister of State for Defence how many Service personnel who retired with a pension more than 10 years ago have had no pension increase since.

Mr. Kirk

Approximately 42,000.

10. Mr. Dixon

asked the Minister of State for Defence what is the present-day value, adjusted for the rise in the cost of living, of an Army pension of £160 per annum in 1953.

Mr. Kirk

A pension of £160 per annum awarded in 1953 would have been increased to £388.74 under the recent measures which restored purchasing power on the basis of the rise in the cost of living.

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