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Mr. Freud
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the current pay of an army colonel and the pension that an officer of that rank would now receive had he retired in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1970 1972, 1974 or 1976.
Mr. Hayhoe
The current maximum pay of an army colonel which is reached after eight years in the rank, is £14,175 a year. The annual pension, including pension increases, that a colonel would now receive had he retired on the maximum rate of pension in the quoted years is:
| 1960 | £6487·51 |
| 1964 | £6835·05 |
| 1968 | £7277·56 |
| 1970 | £8030·76 |
| 1972 | £8435·72 |
| 1974 | £8138·69 |
| 1976 | £7032·78 |