§ 33. Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will reduce the optional retiring age of Remploy workers to 60 years so that those who, because of their disablement, choose to can retire on pension at that age.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe Remploy disabled workers' pension and life assurance scheme already includes a provision for early retirement; at 55 for men and 50 for women; or, on health 37W grounds earlier still. But the scheme has been in force only since September 1966 and does not yet of itself provide a viable retirement pension. Its main present value lies in the provision of free life assurance.