§ Mr. Rookerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the computerised information regarding retirement pensions and graduated retirement pensions available to the Inland Revenue enables an estimate to be made of the extra female taxpayers in 1981–82 between the ages of 60 to 64 years.
§ Mr. Lawson[pursuant to his reply, 9 April 1981, c. 313]: No.
§ Mr. Rookerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about the arrangement referred to in his answer to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Perry Barr, 3 April, Official Report columns 136–37, by which the Inland Revenue is notified of pension information, outlining (a) when the arrangement was announced, (b) when it becomes effective and (c) why it was necessary.
§ Mr. Lawson[pursuant to his reply, 9 April 1981, c. 313]: The arrangement was announced on 26 July 1979—[Vol. 971, c. 423–24]—and was publicised in an Inland Revenue press notice. It has applied since August 1980. It was introduced as a measure of simplification for pensioners and because of the administrative savings which it makes possible.