§ Mr. KnoxTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the tax expenditure savings if people receiving invalidity benefit were not allowed the option of continuing to receive it during the first five years after reaching state pension age.
§ Mr. DorrellIt is estimated that if all recipients over retirement age received taxable retirement pension instead of invalidity benefit the tax yield, at 1992–93 levels, would be about £80 million.