§ Mr. SpellerTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the value, converted into £ sterling, of the basic pension per age paid in each European Community country, including any relevant major supplements.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardI refer my hon. Friend to the Department's publication "Tables of Social Benefit Systems in the European Communities (Position at 1 January 1989)," a copy of which is in the Library. These tables set out the level of pension in the national currencies together with the sterling equivalent converted according to the OECD's purchasing power parity figures as explained in the introduction to the tables.