HC Deb 14 May 1975 vol 892 cc117-8W
Mr. Kenneth Clarke

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the proportion of men to women in occupational pension schemes contracted out of the existing national insurance graduated pension provisions.

Mr. O'Malley

It is estimated that, when the graduated pension scheme ended on 5th April 1975, the proportion of men to women in contracted-out employment was in the ratio of 78 men to every 22 women.