asked the Minister of Education what are the respective pensions of a two-year trained teacher who retired, after 40 years' service, in 1939, and of a similar teacher who retires in 1961.

For a woman teacher who was employed outside London and who retired on the 31st August the figures are respectively £274 and £465 per annum. The corresponding figures for a man would be £348 and £487 per annum.