HC Deb 27 February 1951 vol 484 c267W
60. Mr. Gammans

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the percentage of salary contributed by employers and employees towards pensions in the teaching profession, the Civil Service and the police and what are the reasons for any differences.

Mr. Jay

For teachers the contributions both by employee and employer are 5 per cent. of salary. For the police, the employee contributes 5 per cent. it a man, and 4½ per cent. if a woman; there is no fixed employer's contribution. Civil Service pensions are non-contributory. The reasons for the differences between the different pension systems are largely historical, and cannot be explained within the compass of an answer to a Parliamentary Question.