Pensions

HC Deb 21 January 1980 vol 977 c51W

Mr. Marlow

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if additional payments are made by women to offset payment of retirement pension five years earlier than men.

Mr. Prentice

No. A single contribution rate—or scale of rates—applies to all contributors in a contribution class

INFANT AND PERINATAL MORTALITY: PROVISIONAL AND/OR FINAL RATES FOR THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1976,1977,1978 AND 1979—ENGLAND
First nine months of each year
			1976	1977
			Provisional	Final	Provisional	Final
Infant mortality rates per 1,000 live births	…	…	13.6	13.8	13.4	13.6
Perinatal mortality rates per 1,000 live and still births	…	17.5	17.6	16.9	17.1

			1978	1979
			Provisional	Final	Provisional	Final
Infant mortality rates per 1,000 live births	…	…	12.9	13.2	12.1	*
Perinatal mortality rates per 1,000 live and still births	…	15.4	15.7	14.4	*
* Not yet available.