HC Deb 08 March 1991 vol 187 c306W
Mr. Shersby

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the annual expenditure for each of the years 1986 to 1990, inclusive, on ordinary police pensions; and how many of the officers receiving pensions during each of these years were compulsorily retired on account of age.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

Expenditure on police pensions in England and Wales was as follows:

£ million
Gross expenditure1 Police officers' contributions Net expenditure
1986–87 386.9 163.4 223.5
1987–88 423.1 186.1 237.0
1988–89 457.0 203.3 253.7
1989–90 512.5 221.7 290.8
1 Includes annual payments, commutations, net transfer values and refunds of contributions.

Information to answer the second part of the question is not held centrally.