§ 78. Mr. Kitsonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will seek to introduce a scheme whereby married women teachers who have spent 15 years in the teaching profession and paid all superannuation contributions could at the end of that time receive an agreed percentage of the pension due to a teacher after 30 years' service.
§ Mrs. Shirley WilliamsNo. The 30 year service requirement for pension entitlement under the teachers' superannuation scheme is already relaxed in favour of married women. The pensions they receive on retirement at or after age 60 are in direct proportion,146W on the basis of their shorter service, to those of teachers who complete the normal qualifying period.