§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will circulate in the Official Report an estimate showing the proportion of (a) manual workers and (b) staff covered by occupational pension schemes in the private sector and in the Civil Service, respectively, in 1950, 1960, 1970 and at the latest available date.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI have been asked to reply.
Information is not available in the form requested, but the following estimates of occupational pension coverage may be helpful.
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Millions Private sector Civil Service Manual Staff Industrial Non-industrial 1956 2.35 1.95 0.32 0.38 1963 3.90 3.30 0.25 0.41 1971 3.00 3.80 0.20 0.50 1979 6.20 * 0.16 0.55 * Separate figures not available.