§ Viscount Brentfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
What proportion of Ambulance Service staff have retired for medical reasons under the age of 65 during the past year; and how many people that involved. [HL2509]
§ Baroness Jay of PaddingtonResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the National Health Service Pensions Agency under the Chief Executive, Mr. A. F. Cowan. I have asked him to write to the noble Viscount.
18WALetter to Viscount Brentford from the Chief Executive of the National Health Service Pensions Agency, Mr. A. F. Cowan, dated 14 July 1998.
As Chief Executive of the NHS Pensions Agency, I have been asked to reply to your parliamentary Question regarding early retirement on medical grounds of ambulance service personnel.
We only have the information in the format you request from 28 May 1997 to 3 July 1998. I must emphasise that the information we have is only for ambulance staff who opted to join the NHS Pension Scheme and covers all categories of employment.
From the data available, 476 people (2.82%) of ambulance service staff under the age of 65 retired for medical reasons during this period.