§ Mr. Loveridgeasked the Minister for the Civil Service if she has taken any steps to rationalise the different methods of financing the pensions of public servants from the categories (a) no contibution and no funds: Civil Service and Armed Forces, (b) contributions but no funds: police, fire service and Members of Parliament, (c) contributions and notional funds: local education authority teachers, National Health Service and United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and (d) contributions and actual funds: local government, public corporations and other public sectors which were outlined in the eleventh report of the Expenditure Committee (1976–77) House of Commons Paper 535I; and what are the differences that index-linked pensions make to the separate categories listed.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe Government have no immediate plans to introduce greater uniformity in these arrangements. The report of the Scott committee provides much useful information, and in studying its recommendations on the valuation of index-linked pensions we shall consider whether institutional changes are needed in any particular area.
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§ Mr. HayhoeThe following table shows the relevant Estimates provision for Civil Service pay, employers' national insurance contributions and superannuation set against the index of the internal purchasing power of the pound for each year.