§ Mr. Bryant Godman Irvineasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether information available to the Secretary of State for Social Services of payments made to individual pensioners is made available at the end of each fiscal year to Her Majesty's Inspectors of Taxes.
§ Mr. O'MalleyInformation about amounts of retirement pension paid in individual cases is regarded as confidential and is not passed to the Inland Revenue, but a retirement pensioner is advised of the need to declare his pension for income tax purposes when he is notified of the award of pension, and each pension order book carries a similar reminder.