§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will estimate by how much the expected £114 million cost of inflation-proofing public service pensions would be reduced if pension increases had been prevented by the amount that they exceeded £6 per week.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisFigures are available only for the Civil Service. It is estimated that the cost of the 1st December 1976 increase to Civil Service pensions will be £31 million in a full year. If the £6 limit had been applied, the estimated saving would be about £2½ million. There is no evidence to suggest that the saving ratio for the rest of the public service would be significantly different.