§ Dr. HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many retirements on the grounds of ill-health there have been from the NHS Pension Scheme in each of the last five years. [43885]
§ Mr. MilburnResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the National Health Service Pensions Agency under its Chief Executive, Mr. A. F. Cowan. I have asked him to reply to the hon. Member.
Letter from A. F. Cowan to Dr. Evan Harris, dated June 1998:
The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question, as it falls within my area of responsibility.The number of ill-health retirement awards made by the NHS Pension Scheme in each of the last five years was:
Year Number of ill-health retirement awards 1993–94 9,520 1994–95 9,030 1995–96 8,082 1996–97 6,928 1997–98 6,510