§ 80. Mr. Houghtonasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he will issue an up-to-date edition of the leaflet describing the graduated pension scheme; and when he expects to publish the employers' guide.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterA guide to the New Graduated Pension Scheme has been freely available from local National Insurance offices since August, 1959. A new edition incorporating the changes in flat rate contributions provided for by the National Insurance Bill, now awaiting Royal Assent, will become available on 10th January. The Employer's Guide 111W to Graduated National Insurance Contributions will be distributed through Tax offices to employers in Great Britain, totalling about 900,000, by mid January. A leaflet outlining the arrangements for collecting graduated contributions was sent to employers last summer.