asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many widows of police officers whose husbands retired prior to 1 April 1956 are classed as preserved rate widows for the purposes of the police pensions regulations.

All widows of police officers who retired or died before 1 April 1956, who have an entitlement to benefits under the police pension scheme, receive a preserved rate widow's pension. The number of widows currently receiving such pensions is not known centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what additional revenue will be received from serving police officers by the implementation of SI No. 1151 in a full year.

About £45 million in England and Wales.