HC Deb 19 December 1988 vol 144 c25W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of Civil Service pensioners have been classified as having left their employment on grounds of invalidity.

Mr. Brooke

I regret that this information cannot be provided without a disproportionate expenditure of time and resources. However, in 1987 some 2,350 of the 15,500 pensions for non-industrial civil servants that were brought into payment were ill-health retirement benefits. A civil servant may be retired early on medical grounds if the Civil Service occupational health advisory service is satisfied that the breakdown in health is such that it prevents the civil servant from carrying out his or her

Region Number of tax units resident in the region (thousands) Total investment income (£ million) Number of tax units resident in the region (thousands) Total investment income £ million
1979–80 1985–86
North 1,180 234 1,140 466
Yorkshire and Humberside 1,930 455 1,780 745
North West 2,600 518 2,340 899
East Midlands 1,450 327 1,470 568
West Midlands 2,130 468 1,930 751
East Anglia 755 255 760 518
South East 7,230 2,510 7,110 4,270
South West 1,830 751 1,720 1,270
Wales 982 235 930 390
Scotland 2,070 511 1,920 894
Northern Ireland 510 96 495 139

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