§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Minister for the Civil Service what is the number of employees entitled to and receiving pensions under the Superannuation Act 1972 and the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971, and the proportion of those who are, or were, civil servants.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisIt is estimated that a total of some 714,000 pensions are in payment to former employees in the Civil Service, the National Health Service, local government, the police and fire services, the teaching profession and other smaller groups who retired under schemes now directly covered by the Superannuation Act 1972 and the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971. Of these rather fewer than one in three are former civil servants.