§ Mr. Batsfordasked the Minister of Transport how many railway superannuitants exercised the option of remaining in the pension funds of the former railway companies at the time of re-grouping in 1923 instead of transferring into the new pension funds of the four group companies; how many of these superannuitants retired before 1st January, 1963: and how many are still living.
§ Mr. Tom FraserThe British Railways Board tells me that this information is not readily available, and that to provide it would entail a disproportionate amount of work.