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Written question asked by Pete Wishart (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 26 July 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 September 2010. It was answered by Justine Greening (Conservative) on Wednesday, 20 October 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.

Departmental Pensions

Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost was of pension contributions incurred by (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which he is responsible in (A) Scotland, (B) Wales, (C) each region of England and (D) Northern Ireland in each of the last three financial years; and what the planned expenditure is for 2010-11.
Answer

The information available on pension spending in the past three years and forecast spending for 2010-11 is shown in the following table.

£000
HM Treasury Debt Management Office Asset Protection Agency
2007-08 10,448 851 n/a
2008-09 9,558 ¹898 n/a
2009-10 10,062 981 23
2010-11 forecast n/a 1,041 76
¹ This figure has been restated since publication of DMO's 2008-09 accounts reflecting the adoption of IAS 19 staff benefits.

The Department's accounting systems do not identify pension payments by region.The Royal Mint Advisory Committee has not made any pension payments in the past three years and has no plans to make any payments in 2010-11.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
12449; 516 c808W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Pensions Treasury
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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