§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what arrangements have been made for the maintenance of pension funds for staff employed at(a) Inverclyde royal hospital trust and (b) other hospital trusts elsewhere in Scotland, and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 13 April 1994]: Employees transfer to national health service trusts on their existing terms and conditions and have the same rights to membership of the statutory national health service superannuation scheme as other national health service employees. New staff recruited by the trusts also have the same rights to membership. Their contributions to the scheme, and those of their employers, are payable to the Exchequer to fund the benefits under the scheme.