§ Ms OsborneTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office on what basis former public sector employees are entitled to annual increases in occupational pensions. [70194]
§ Mr. MilburnI have been asked to reply.
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NHS in Scotland: Percentage of patients who received a first outpatient appointment within 9 weeks and within 18 weeks of referral by a General Medical Practitioner/General Dental Practitioner, by Specialty1 31 March 1997 Percentage seen within 30 June 1997 Percentage seen within 30 September 1997 Percentage seen within Specialty 9 weeks 18 weeks 9 weeks 18 weeks 9 weeks 18 weeks Adolescent Psychiatry 79.2 96.8 73.5 94.4 70.6 97.1 Anaesthetics 36.2 75.0 39.0 74.0 33.0 72.1 Cardiac Surgery — — 100.0 100.0 38.5 100.0 Cardiology 80.9 98.1 83.2 96.7 72.1 93.8 Cardiothoracic Surgery 90.7 100.0 94.2 100.0 89.7 98.5 Child Psychiatry 71.2 88.1 70.2 85.0 65.7 80.8 Clinical Genetics 37.5 82.6 41.4 80.6 48.3 80.0 Clinical Oncology — — 99.2 100.0 98.3 99.5 Communicable Diseases 89.7 98.2 92.3 97.8 93.3 98.8 Dermatology 53.6 81.8 56.4 86.4 52.4 88.1 Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) 67.5 90.0 63.9 92.2 53.1 90.1 Endocrinology and Diabetes — — 76.6 95.6 72.8 95.4 Gastroenterology 62.2 94.4 66.0 94.9 56.7 92.4 General Medicine 78.2 94.6 81.7 96.4 73.3 95.6 General Psychiatry 84.0 97.6 84.5 98.4 83.3 96.6 General Surgery 81.7 96.1 87.9 98.2 82.7 98.0 General Surgery (excluding Vascular) — — 85.1 97.1 80.8 97.3 Geriatric Medicine 96.9 99.2 97.6 99.3 97.5 99.5 GP Obstetrics 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.0 99.0 GP—other than Obstetrics 93.1 98.3 94.6 100.0 97.8 99.6 Gynaecology 76.4 96.9 79.3 97.8 72.6 96.5 Haematology 95.8 99.0 97.8 99.7 95.4 99.6 Homeopathy 12.2 31.0 17.7 41.2 14.5 35.6 Learning Disability 88.6 88.6 93.0 98.6 86.3 92.2 Medical Oncology 93.3 96.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Medical Paediatrics 87.1 98.5 83.0 98.6 78.3 98.3 Nephrology 83.4 97.9 85.4 98.3 81.5 98.0 Neurology 49.7 70.2 50.0 79.3 40.9 71.2 Neurosurgery 74.9 92.9 80.2 95.4 70.3 90.3 Obstetrics—Antenatal 97.7 99.6 97.8 99.6 96.9 99.1 Obstetrics—Postnatal 86.4 100.0 80.0 100.0 95.5 95.5 Ophthalmology 65.7 92.6 65.9 93.8 58.4 90.0 Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine Group3 70.7 94.2 65.3 94.0 57.6 91.5 Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry Group4 47.8 71.3 54.5 85.0 45.8 77.8 Orthopaedics 49.2 77.7 51.2 81.8 46.7 80.4 Plastic Surgery 58.3 85.1 60.5 89.9 59.1 90.4 Psychogeriatrics 96.1 98.8 97.9 99.2 97.2 99,4 The Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 and Social Security Pensions Act 1975 provide for increases in the public service pensions of retired public service employees each year by the rate of inflation as measured by the all-items measure of the Retail Prices Index (RPI).