HC Deb 21 November 1983 vol 49 c64W
Mr. Andrew Bowden

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will consider issuing with each pension book a detachable form identifying the holder as a pensioner eligible for such concessions as may be locally available.

Dr. Boyson

No. Although a retirement pension order book is often accepted as a passport to concessions, many pensioners also hold other documents which are equally acceptable and which are more convenient to carry. We do not consider that it is justified to institute additional procedures to provide a service which is already adequately catered for in other ways.