§ Mr. Holtasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish in the Official Report information available to him on the various retirement options of date and enhancement offered by education authorities; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Chris PattenLocal education authorities have discretion, under the Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 1985, to award an additional period of service of up to 10 years, depending on age and service, to a teacher aged 50 or over who is subject to the teachers' superannuation regulations and who is retired on redundancy or in the interests of the efficient discharge of the employers' functions. Information about the levels of enhancement awarded by individual local education authorities is not available nationally.