§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for Energy if, pursuant to his responsibilities for ensuring compliance with the social contract in the public sector industries for which he is responsible, he collects information concerning the emoluments other than salary paid by the NCB to members of the NUM.
20Wvidual members of staff beyond that age subject to their efficiency and the availability of posts. There is a model redundancy agreement which provides for a number of measures to be taken both before and after redundancy is declared. These include a review of the age of retirement practice—over age 60—within the Department concerned. There is also provision for premature retirement below the minimum retirement age when circumstances warrant it, and this includes premature retirement on grounds of redundancy. All these provisions will be used as necessary to deal with the forthcoming Civil Service manpower reductions.