§ Sir T. Beamishasked the Minister of State for Defence what would be the approximate cost of raising the pension income of all those attributably invalided from the Services to the minimum rates of Service attributable pension which will be applied to all those so invalided who give service on or after 31st March 1973.
§ Mr. BuckIt is not possible to estimate the cost of applying the new arrangements for attributable invaliding to Service men who have been invalided for attributable reasons in the past. If we applied the new Armed Forces occupational provisions to all war disablement pensioners receiving pensions from the Department of Health and Social Security the cost could well be in the region of £150 million a year.