§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria she uses to decide whether those who have transferred from national health service to private pensions are better or worse off as a result.
§ Dr. MawhinneyNone.
§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses, doctors and other national health service employees by category have transferred their pensions from national health service to private schemes in each year since 1986.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe table shows the total number of national health service employees who have transferred accrued pension rights from the national health service pension scheme to private schemes in each year since August 1989. Data are not available before that date and are not held by occupational groups. The majority of these transfers relate to former members of the scheme who have left national health service employment.
Number 11989 2,027 1990 6,938 1991 7,852 1992 8,434 1Figure from August 1989.
§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total amount of money given as inducement to transfer from a national health service to a private pension in each year since 1986.
§ Dr. MawhinneyNone.