§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if the abatement rules announced on 11 July 1991,Official Report, columns 425–26, apply to members of staff given service-related severance payments by an NHS trust and re-employed by a health authority in the same area; and if he will make a statement. [20387]
§ Mr. MaloneThe abatement rules announced in 1991 generally still apply. National health service pensions are subject to abatement where an employee returns to NHS employment before age 60.