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Mr. David Shaw
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the average public sector pension in payment and the average length of service of public sector pensioners in the current year.
Mr. Portillo
Information about average pensions and lengths of service of all public sector pensioners is not kept centrally. Estimates of the average pensions payable from the main public service schemes in the latest year for which information is readily available is as follows:
Number of pensioners
| Average pensions
| ||||
Scheme
| Year
| Members
| Dependants
| Members £
| Dependants£
|
| Civil service | 1993–94 | 399,600 | 123,500 | 4,093 | 1,700 |
| NHS (England and Wales) | 1993–94 | 312,600 | 46,800 | 4,125 | 2,391 |
| NHS (Scotland) | 1993–94 | 49,100 | 5,800 | 3,647 | 1,638 |
| Teachers (England and Wales) | 1993–94 | 306,000 | 22,000 | 6,300 | 2,000 |
| Teachers (Scotland) | 1993–94 | 32,100 | 3,500 | 6,459 | 2,129 |
| Armed forces | 1993–94 | 263,500 | 84,900 | 4,326 | 2,338 |
| Local government (England and Wales) | 1991–92 | 573,000 | 111,100 | 2,515 | 1,127 |
| Local government (Scotland) | 1991–92 | 85,4671 | 2,0361 | ||
1 Figures include both scheme members and dependants. | |||||