§ Mr. Geoffrey Lloydasked the Minister of Labour whether he will undertake a survey to ascertain who compose the minority of employees who are not covered by their employers' occupational pension schemes.
§ Mr. GunterMany of these employees will not yet have satisfied age or service qualifications for membership of their employers' pension schemes and others will be part-time workers. A comprehensive survey by the Government Actuary's Department on the rules and other features of occupational pension schemes was published in a report on 29th July. I do not think that a further survey on this particular question is needed.