Written question asked by Rudi Vis (Labour) on Thursday, 5 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 February 2009. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 February 2009 on behalf of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

Public Sector: Pensions

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 16 December 2008, Official Report, columns 111-2WS, on guaranteed minimum pension calculations, how the errors in payments in some public service pensions were discovered.

Answer: As part of its management and control of the Civil Service pension arrangements Cabinet Office commissioned an exercise to check data held by its pensioner payroll contractor with Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) data. This exercise highlighted the fact that GMP information was missing for a small proportion of Civil Service pensioners. Other public service schemes have commissioned similar checks and have discovered that they are also affected by this issue.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 488 c825W; 255756
Session: 2008-09
Related items: Guaranteed Minimum Pension Calculations
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Written statements
House of Commons
Subjects: Workplace pensions Public sector
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk