§ Mr. Mike Thomasasked the Minister for the Civil Service what are the main differences in contributions, elements of pay taken into account in assessing contributions, benefits, the respective degree of inflation-proofing and its date of commencement, the respective numbers in each scheme, and the respective cost in the last available year between the manual and staff pension schemes in the Civil Service; and whether any steps are currently being taken to reduce any differences between schemes.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisIndustrial and non-industrial civil servants are covered alike by the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme. There is no diffierence of treatment in any respect between industrials and non-industrials. As at 1st October 1975 there were 178,973 industrial and 540,172 non-industrial civil servants.