§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether the equal retirement age of 65 years for the teachers' superannuation scheme applies to female teachers for service after 5 April 1988 or for service between 1 April 1972 and 5 April 1988; and whether male and female contributor contributions to the teachers' superannuation scheme were equal during the period 1 April 1972 to 5 April 1988.
§ Mr. FallonThe Teachers' Superannuation Regulations provide for retirement on the ground of age at or at any time after age 60 for both male and female teachers irrespective of the periods when they were in pensionable employment. Male and female members of the scheme have paid the same rate of ordinary contributions since 1 April 1972. These were 6.75 per cent. of contributable salary between 1 April 1972 and 1 December 1973 and 6 per cent. for the remainder of the period.