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Armed Forces: Pensions

Volume 471: debated on Monday 4 February 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average pension paid to a soldier of each rank was on retirement from the armed forces in England in 2006-07. (174711)

The tables give the standard pension entitlement, by years of service and rank, to those commissioned and non-commissioned Army personnel reaching their immediate pension point under the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 in Financial Year 2006-07.

Commissioned Army personnel

£ per year

Years of reckonable service

Captain and below

Major

Lieutenant Colonel

Colonel

Brigadier

16

11,192

13,330

17,477

20,238

24,156

17

11,708

13,963

18,286

21,174

25,097

18

12,224

14,596

19,095

22,110

26,039

19

12,740

15,229

19,903

23,046

26,981

20

13,256

15,862

20,712

23,983

27,923

21

13,772

16,496

21,520

24,919

28,864

22

14,287

17,129

22,329

25,855

29,806

23

14,803

17,762

23,138

26,791

30,748

24

15,319

18,395

23,946

27,727

31,690

25

15,835

19,028

24,755

28,663

32,631

26

16,351

19,661

25,564

29,599

33,573

27

16,867

20,295

26,372

30,536

34,515

28

17,383

20,928

27,181

31,472

35,457

29

17,899

21,561

27,989

32,408

36,398

30

18,415

22,194

28,798

33,344

37,340

31

18,931

22,827

29,607

34,280

38,282

32

19,446

23,461

30,415

35,216

39,223

33

19,962

24,094

31,224

36,152

40,165

34

20,478

24,727

32,033

37,089

41,107

Non-commissioned Army personnel

£ per year

Years of reckonable service

Lance Corporal and below

Corporal

Sergeant

Staff Sergeant

Warrant Officer Class 2

Warrant Officer Class 1

22

6,624

8,545

9,367

10,671

11,392

12,114

23

6,855

8,843

9,694

11,043

11,790

12,537

24

7,086

9,141

10,021

11,416

12,188

12,960

25

7,318

9,439

10,348

11,788

12,585

13,383

26

7,549

9,738

10,675

12,161

12,983

13,805

27

7,780

10,036

11,002

12,533

13,381

14,228

28

8,011

10,334

11,329

12,906

13,778

14,651

29

8,243

10,632

11,656

13,278

14,176

15,074

30

8,474

10,931

11,983

13,651

14,574

15,497

31

8,705

11,229

12,310

14,023

14,971

15,920

32

8,936

11,527

12,637

14,396

15,369

16,342

33

9,167

11,825

12,964

14,768

15,767

16,765

34

9,399

12,124

13,291

15,141

16,164

17,188

35

9,630

12,422

13,618

15,513

16,562

17,611

36

9,861

12,720

13,945

15,886

16,960

18,034

37

10,092

13,018

14,272

16,258

17,357

18,457

Although a breakdown by rank is not available, the actual average annual pensions for the AFPS 1975 and 2005 schemes, paid in Financial Year 2006-07, were £16,641 for commissioned personnel and £5,976 for non-commissioned personnel. These figures include those who left before their immediate pension point but have, on reaching age 60, received their preserved AFPS pensions.