§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the annual cost of raising pre-1973 service widows' pension to half that of their deceased husbands. [7115]
§ Mr. SoamesWe estimate that the cost of the armed forces pension scheme of raising pre-1973 service widows' pensions to half that of their deceased husbands would be in the order of £29 million per year.