§ Mr. Batisteasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the cost of reducing the retirement age for men to 64 years.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe latest available estimates of the cost of reducing pension age are contained in the third report from the Social Services Committee on the "Age of Retirement" (HC 26: 1982). These estimates indicate that the cost of reducing the pension age for men to 64 would be £400 million at 1981–82 benefit levels.