§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether she is aware that there are no official leaflets explaining the entitlement of a divorced woman to set her husband's insurance contributions against an application for pension as laid down in the Insurance Act of 1957, and that this has caused hardship in individual cases such as that laid before her by the hon. Member for Inverness; and if she will authorise the publication of such leaflets.
§ Miss HerbisonI wrote to the hon. Member on 19th May about the individual case which he has in mind and explained that, in addition to the general information on the National Insurance position of divorced women which is contained in several of my Department's leaflets, I had already decided to issue a special leaflet on the subject. This new leaflet should be available to the public shortly.