Additional Pensions

HC Deb 11 December 1987 vol 124 c293W

Mr. Curry

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what plans he has to encourage individuals to build up additional pensions.

Mr. Portillo

From 1 July 1988 it will be possible to contract-out of the state earnings-related pension scheme through a personal pension from a scheme approved by the Occupational Pensions Board. Personal pensions will attract minimum contributions paid by the Department. These will be made up of a partial rebate of national insurance contributions and, until April 1993, a special incentive payment. In most cases the payments by the Department will include tax relief of the employee's share of the minimum contribution. People taking out a personal pension before 6 April 1989 will be able to backdate membership to 6 April 1987 and claim an extra year's minimum contributions, including the incentive.

Grade title	Salary scales (effective from 1 April 1987)
	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10
Junior Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer A	13,676	23,951	34,333	44,685	55,237	65,469	5,544	5,653
Junior Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer B	24,209	34,572	44,899	55,469	65,692	5,757	5,867
Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer	6,686	6,936	7,481	7,627	7,838	8,068	8,342	8,644	8,898	9,146	9,435
Senior Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer	8,763	9,024	9,316	9,617	9,895	10,086	10,325	10,611	10,895	11,181	11,577
Chief Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer	10,912	11,131	11,427	11,702	11,978	12,268	12,663
Senior Chief Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer	12,268	12,788	13,165	13,573	13,944	14,417	14,963
Principal Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer	14,963	16,321	17,201
1 Age 16.
2 Age 17.
3 Age 18.
4 Age 19.
5 Age 20.
6 Age 21 and over.

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of medical laboratory scientific officers entering the public health laboratory service leave after(a) one year, (b) two years, (c) five years and, (d) 10 years.

Mr. Newton

This information is not recorded on a routine basis. The public health laboratory service estimates that 15 per cent. of medical laboratory scientific officers have left the service in the last year.