§ Mr. McTaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what estimates are available to him of the cost in terms of state retirement pension of reducing the male retirement age to 60 years.
Regional health authorities 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Northern 29 28 30 34 33 32 31 28 28 27 Yorkshire 39 38 37 40 38 37 37 35 34 34 Trent 42 41 40 44 44 43 42 39 37 38 East Anglian 16 16 16 17 16 12 16 13 16 16 North West Thames 48 45 44 46 45 38 41 38 35 35 North East Thames 58 54 53 58 55 60 59 58 53 49 South East Thames 46 43 42 40 40 39 38 39 36 35 South West Thames 34 31 31 34 33 30 31 28 26 27 Wessex 21 21 21 22 19 22 22 21 21 22 Oxford 21 20 19 20 20 18 18 17 15 15 South—Western 26 26 27 28 27 27 26 26 25 25 West Midlands 45 45 47 49 48 49 48 46 48 50 Mersey 27 26 26 27 25 24 24 23 22 23 North—Western 44 42 42 43 43 43 43 37 38 39 Total 498 479 479 503 490 482 480 453 441 439 Notes:
(1) The figures for each year are based on the estimates given in (Official Report, 13 January columns 327–28).
(2) Entries in the table are at 1986–87 constant prices and have been rounded to the nearest £ million.