§ 40. Mr. Huntasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will now take steps to compensate those local government officers who have suffered a loss of superannuation rights as a result of the salaries standstill.
§ Mr. MacCollNo. It is normal practice to calculate pensions of this kind by reference to salary or wages at retirement.
§ 49. Mr. Ridsdaleasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what has been the reason for the large increase in the numbers of local government employees, where these increases have arisen, and in what sections of local government.
§ Mr. MacCollFor the year ending June, 1966 the main increases were due to expansion of the education and health services, which accounted respectively for about one half and one fifth of the total increases.
Available statistics, published in the Ministry of Labour Gazette, show separately the numbers employed in England, Scotland and Wales but they do not show the geographical distribution within each country.