Written question asked by Jenny Willott (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 3 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 December 2008. It was answered by Ben Bradshaw (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 December 2008 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Departmental Pensions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many civil servants working in his Department and its agencies have pensions with a cash equivalent transfer value of over £1 million.

Answer: Pension information for board members is presented in the Remuneration Report in the Annual Resource Accounts. A copy of the Department's Resource Accounts for the financial year 2007-08 has already been placed in the Library and is also available at:"www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/DH_089421"The Accounts for the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has already been placed in the Library and is also available at:"www.mhra.gov.uk/Publications/Corporate/AnnualReports/CON020817"The Accounts for the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency has already been placed in the Library and is also available at:"www.pasa.nhs.uk/pasaweb/nhsprocurement/aboutnhspasa/publications/corporatepublications.htm"

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