Pensioners

Mr. Knox
asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1955 the number of pensioners who received a pension from the Government due to their past employment in Government service; and whether he will  provide a detailed breakdown of such individuals on the basis of the nature of their last year of public service.

Mr. Charles R. Morris
The numbers of pensions in payment to retired civil servants on 30th September of each year was as follows: ----------
|1955|…|…|
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|1956|…|…|
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|1957|…|…|
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|1958|…|…|
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|1959|…|…|
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|1960|…|…|
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|1961|…|…|
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|1962|…|…|
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|1963|…|…|
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|1964|…|…|
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|1965|…|…|
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|1966|…|…|
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|1967|…|…|
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|1968|…|…|
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|1969|…|…|
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|1970|…|…|
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|1971|…|…|
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|1972|…|…|
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|1973|…|…|
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|1974|…|…|
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The figures include former officers of the Post Office until 1968. Details of the grades and salaries of these pensioners before they retired or of the Departments in which they were employed in their last years of service are not available.