§ Mr. Johnasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will state, for the latest date for which figures are available the number of (a) persons, (b) men and (c) women in the work force who (i) were contracted in to the state earnings-related pension scheme, (ii) were contracted out of the state earnings-related pension scheme, (iii) had changed from contracted-in employment to contracted-out employment in the previous year, (iv) had changed from contracted-out employment to contracted-in employment in the previous year and (v) had at some time in their lives been contracted in to the state earnings-related pension scheme.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe available information is included in the table.
Great Britain—1981–82 Thousands Men and Women Men Women Contracted in 9,458 5,848 3,610 Contracted out 8,855 6,683 2,172 Contracted in and out in same year 947 611 337 The figures cannot be broken down by movement from contracted-in to contracted-out employment and vice versa. Information about the number of people who have ever been contracted-in to the state earnings-related pension scheme is not available.