§ Lord ORR-EWINGasked Her Majesty's Government:
What is the basic cost in the year ending November 1979 of the 7 categories of public service pensions and what is the cost of indexing these pensions to the year ended 11th November 1979.
§ The LORD PRESIDENT of the COUNCIL (Lord Soames)The approximate cost in a full year of pensions payable in mid-1980 (without the 12th November 1979 increase) for each of the main public service schemes is set out below, together with the cost in the first year of the 12th November 1979 increase on those pensions.
Group Annual cost (without the increase paid on 12th November 1979) £ million First year cost of the 12th November 1979 pension increase £ million Armed Forces 346 41.5 Civil Service 416 61.4 Teachers 385 56.2 National Health Service 187 32.5 Police and Fire 152 22.7 Local Government 430 61.4 Overseas Pensioners 84 12.5