Catalogue description Inquiry into the Value of Pensions (Scott Inquiry): Records

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Reference: T 270
Title: Inquiry into the Value of Pensions (Scott Inquiry): Records
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Minutes of meetings, circulated papers, evidence and correspondence of the Inquiry into the Value of Pensions (Scott Inquiry), under the chairmanship of Sir Bernard Scott, into the value of index-linked pensions and job security in the public sector. The Inquiry was appointed by the prime minister in May 1980 and there is a copy in this series of its report, which was published as Cmnd 8147 in February 1981.
Date: 1980-1981
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
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Inquiry into the Value of Pensions, 1980-1981
Physical description: 16 file(s)
Access conditions: Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
Administrative / biographical background:

The setting up of the Inquiry into the Value of Pensions was announced by the Prime Minister on 22 May 1980. The chairman was Sir Bernard Scott.

The inquiry was to consider, and advise on, the value of index-linked pensions and job security, so that appropriate account could be taken of these factors in determining pay and other conditions of service in the public sector. The terms of reference were:

"Having regard to the need to ensure that full account is taken in all areas of the public sector, whether by contributions or salary abatement, of the value of inflation-proofing of occupational pensions, and of relative job security; taking due account of arrangements in the private sector:

  • to consider the assumptions and methods used by the Government Actuary where he assesses the value of differences in inflation-proofing of occupational pensions;
  • to consider the relative degree of security in the full inflation-proofing enjoyed by public sector employees compared with those in the private sector, and the additional value to be placed upon it;
  • to consider how to assess the relative job security enjoyed by employees in the private and public sectors;
  • to report their findings and suggest what valuations or methods of valuation would be appropriate to take account of these factors in determining pay and other conditions of service."

The Inquiry's Report was published as Cmnd 8147 on 5 February 1981.

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