HC Deb 26 February 1969 vol 778 cc331-2W
Mr. Coleman

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimate he has made of the cost to the National Insurance Fund of abolishing the retirement condition for National Insurance

October, 1966–September, 1967 October, 1967–September, 1968 October, 1968–January, 1969
Fatal and serious accidents Fatal casualties Fatal and serious accidents Fatal casualties Fatal and serious accidents Fatal casualties
October … 22,364* 641 6,215 519 6,410 553
November … 675 6,011 562 6,482 587
December … 898 6,137 586 † 589
January … 5,871 546 5,156 435 † †
February … 5,752 565 4,913 459
March … 6,161 544 5,597 495
April … 5,755 442 5,351 410
May … 6,795 513 5,812 463
June … 6,186 495 5,791 471
July … 6,791 596 6,120 494
August … 6,670 540 6,334 535
September … 6,622 633 6,267 552
* Individual months not available for England and Wales.
† Not yet available.

retirement pension and the associated earnings rule.

Mr. Crossman

To abolish the retirement condition and the earnings rule for National Insurance retirement pension would, at April, 1968 levels, increase expenditure by about £115 million a year initially. I welcome the opportunity provided by this Question to correct an error of transcription in the text of the White Paper "National Superannuation and Social Insurance" (Cmnd. 3883) where the erroneous figure of £150 million appears on page 54 in paragraph 18 of Appendix I.

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