§ Mr. Knoxasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1955 the number of pensioners who received a pension from the Government due to their past employment in Government service; and whether he will 547W provide a detailed breakdown of such individuals on the basis of the nature of their last year of public service.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe numbers of pensions in payment to retired civil servants on 30th September of each year was as follows:
1955 … … 116,265 1956 … … 122,588 1957 … … 136,498 1958 … … 146,525 1959 … … 159,648 1960 … … 172,312 1961 … … 181,385 1962 … … 192,968 1963 … … 202,284 1964 … … 209,395 1965 … … 217,010 1966 … … 223,599 1967 … … 231,593 1968 … … 236,985 1969 … … 161,924 1970 … … 166,147 1971 … … 173,169 1972 … … 179,556 1973 … … 192,850 1974 … … 203,486 The figures include former officers of the Post Office until 1968. Details of the grades and salaries of these pensioners before they retired or of the Departments in which they were employed in their last years of service are not available.