Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many unmarried civil servants married after retirement from the civil service resulting in a subsequent claim for a widow or widower's pension from the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme in each of the last 10 years.

No deduction has been made from Civil Service Pensionsof unmarried civil servants to meet the costs of widow and widowers' pensions in the event of some scheme members marrying.

Information on the date of marriage is not held.