§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Minister for the Civil Service what the pension entitlement would be after 10, 15, 20, 30, and 32 years' service, respectively, of a civil servant on the same rate of pay as an hon. Member.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe pension and lump sum payable to a civil servant whose pensionable pay is £8,208 are shown in columns 1 and 2 of the following table. It also shows, for convenience, the hypothetical pension that would have been payable to a Member of Parliament at 31st March 1978 with the same service 171W and relevant terminal salary—column 3—and the resulting pension and lump sum—columns 4 and 5—where the pension
Civil Servant Member of parliament 1 2 3 4 5 Years of pensionable service Pension Gross lump sum Pension Pension Gross lump sum £ £ £ £ £ 10 … … … 1,026 3,078 1,368 1,044 3,078 15 … … … 1,539 4,617 2,052 1,567 4,617 20 … … … 2,052 6,156 2,736 2,089 6,156 30* … … … 3,078 9,234 3,194 2,438 7,186 32* … … … 3,283 9,849 3,194 2,438 7,186 * The parliamentary scheme at present only allows 10 years' service prior to 16th October 1964 as reckonable for pension purposes, giving maximum reckonable service at 31st March 1978 of 23 years 126 days.