Written question asked by Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 March 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 23 March 2006. It was answered by Lord Browne of Ladyton (Labour) on Monday, 27 March 2006 on behalf of the Treasury.

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Pensions

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Braintree of 11 November 2005, Official Report, column 775W, on pensions, what the accrued liability as at 31 March 2005 would have been using a discount rate equal to the (a) yield on long-dated AA rated corporate bonds and (b) yield on long-dated index-linked Government stock on that date.