asked the Secretary of State for Social Services under which sections of or schedules to the Social Security Act 1973 the police are excluded from the administration of that Act.

Section 64 of the Social Security Act 1973, which relates to the modification and winding-up of occupational pension schemes by order of the Occupational Pensions Board, specifically excludes from its provisions public service pension schemes. Section 65 provides instead that the power to modify or wind up such schemes shall be exercised by the responsible Minister of the Crown or Government Department designated by the Minister for the Civil Service.