§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the current estimate of the cost of the additional expenditure which would be incurred if beneficiaries of the armed forces pension scheme who were invalided from the service prior to 1973 received the improvement in benefits made to the scheme in 1973; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe additional cost of providing benefits under the armed forces pension scheme to personnel invalided from service before 31 March 1973, on the same basis as applies to personnel invalided on or after that date, is estimated to be in the region of £400 million per year.