Pensions

Mr. Brotherton
asked the Minister for the Civil Service what is his estimate of the additional cost to date of pensions for civil servants in each year since the passing of the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971.

Mr. Charles R. Morris
It is estimated that the additional cost over the first full year—it declines progressively thereafter—of implementing increases in Civil Service pensions under the Pensions (Increase Act 1971 was as follows:------
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|1972|
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|1973|
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|1974|
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|1975|
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|1976|
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|1977|
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|1978|
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However, in addition to the cost of indexation the total costs of Civil Service pensions in any year reflect a number of other factors including variations in the number of pensioners, their average salary and reckonable service on retirement.