§ Sir B. Rhys Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of the pension payable under the flat rate National Insurance Scheme to a man retiring in February, 1971, will have been covered according to conventional actuarial principles by his own contributions, assuming an average career pattern; and what part will have been covered by the contributions of his employers.
§ Mr. DeanOn an actuarial calculation if he retires now at the age of 65, and has paid an average of 50 contributions 41W a year since 1948 and maximum graduated contributions since 1961, the proportion of a single man's flat-rate pension covered by his own and his employer's contributions would be about 20 per cent. in each case. For a married man with a wife five years younger than himself the proportion would be about 9 per cent. in each case. I regret that it is not possible without an undue amount of elaboration and calculation to refine the figures to take account of average career patterns.