Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 14 December 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 December 1999. It was answered by Hugh Bayley (Labour) on Monday, 20 December 1999 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

Dept of Social Security

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, what estimate he has made of the costs of providing the state second pension to carers who have been in receipt of or who have underlying entitlement to invalid care allowance or home responsibilities protection in the first 10 years of the state second pension. - Table given.

Answer: Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has made of the costs of providing the state second pension to carers who have been in receipt of or who have underlying entitlement to invalid care allowance or home responsibilities protection in the first 10 years of the state second pension. [103072] Mr. Bayley: The information is in the table: The estimated costs of providing state second pension to carers who have been in receipt of, or who have underlying entitlement to, invalid care allowance or home responsibilities protection in the first 10 years of the scheme _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year £ million 2002-03 0 2003-04 1 2004-05 2 2005-06 4 2006-07 8 2007-08 12 2008-09 16 2009-10 22 2010-11 26 2011-12 30 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Gross costs are shown in £ million (rounded to nearest million) in 1999-2000 price terms but are unlikely to be accurate to this degree. 2. State Second Pension is assumed to start in 2002.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 341 c329W; 103072
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Carers Carers' benefits Pensions State retirement pensions Home responsibilities protection
Contains statistics: Yes