HC Deb 12 February 1996 vol 271 c446W
Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the total cost to public funds to date of compensating serving women who lost their service careers through pregnancy. [14008]

Mr. Soames

As at 5 February 1996, £5,704,197 has been paid to 342 officers discharged on grounds of pregnancy between 1978 and 1990—an average of £16,678 each.

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