HC Deb 09 May 1980 vol 984 cc254-5W
Mr. John Townend

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if, in respect of the Standing Commission on pay comparability report No. 1, local authority and university manual workers, National Health Service ancillary staffs and ambulancemen, he will list the outside comparators in respect of pension schemes provided by the Office of Manpower Economics and the Pay Research Unit to the Government Actuary's Department referred to in appendix 7, paragraph 1, page 60.

Mr. Jim Lester

[pursuant to his reply, 6 May 1980, c. 2–3]: No. In acquiring the data given to the Government Actuary's Department the Pay Research Unit gave the outside organisations concerned a guarantee of confidentiality.