HC Deb 26 February 1976 vol 906 cc354-5W
Mr. George Cunningham

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimate he makes of the extent of breaches of the retirement condition and the earnings rule.

Mr. O'Malley

I regret that the information on which to base a reliable estimate is not available. However, there are probably very few breaches of the retirement condition because a person can be accepted as retired if he expresses an intention to retire at a particular point in time and at that point in time satisfies one of the tests. A subsequent change in intention is not a breach of the condition.