§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for how long married women teachers have been paying exactly the same contributions from salary as married male teachers for pension and benefit purposes.
§ Dr. MawhinneyAll teachers, whether male or female, married or single, have paid similar basic percentage contributions since the introduction of the teachers' superannuation scheme in the 1920s.
§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether contributions for pensions and benefits already paid by married women teachers prior to 6 April 1988 require to be supplemented by buying back all or part of previous service to provide equality of pension and benefit provision for a widower with that to which the widow of a teacher is entitled.
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§ Dr. MawhinneyMarried women teachers may, by making the appropriate payments, have all or part of their service prior to 6 April 1988 counted for widowers' pension purposes.