§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many male employees retire at the age of 60 years as part of their conditions of service; and how many of these men were in the public and private sectors of the economy, respectively.
§ Mr. John GrantThe latest published Government Actuary's survey of occupational pension schemes, from their Fourth Survey of 1971, shows that 8.7 million male employees were then members of occupational pension schemes. Of those 8.7 million, 20 per cent.—about 1.75 million—were members of schemes which had a normal pension age of 60, of whom about ½ million were employed in the private sector.
444WInformation is not available, however, on how many employees who have a normal pension age of 60 years actually retire at that age or about the retirement ages of male employees who are not members of occupational pension schemes.