§ Miss Joan Lestorasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will alter the wording of paragraph 4 of his Department's form BR2101 on retirement pensions from "A woman aged 60 or over engaged in household duties only is regarded as retired" to "A woman aged 60 or over not in paid employment is regarded as retired".
§ Mr. RossiForm BR2101 is to be reviewed by the Department's forms unit. I shall ensure that it will give consideration to the hon. Member's suggestion. However, I should point out that the suggested alternative wording could itself give rise to difficulty in that it could lead those women whose paid employment is consistent with retirement to believe wrongly that they could not be treated as retired.