§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if any studies have been made into the problems faced by disabled people in relation to membership of any occupational pension schemes in businesses and industries in the West Midlands.
§ Mr. OrmeAt the request of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, the138W Occupational Pensions Board carried out during 1976 and 1977 a wide-ranging study of occupational pension cover for disabled people. The Board's conclusions, in brief, were that the difficulty of finding employment was the greatest obstacle in the way of securing pension cover for disabled people and that once a job was obtained, restrictions on admission to pension schemes were unlikely to be a significant problem. The Board's report 139W (Cmnd 6849) was laid before the House on 21 June 1977.