Written question asked by John Butterfill (Conservative) on Wednesday, 13 December 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 December 2000. It was answered by Lord Rooker (Labour) on Wednesday, 20 December 2000 on behalf of the Department of Social Security.

Dept of Social Security

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, how many people have contracted back into SERPS from COMPS and approved personal pensions in each of the last three years; and how many COMPS there were in each of the last three years. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Butterfill: To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people have contracted back into SERPS from COMPS--contracted out money purchase schemes--and approved personal pensions in each of the last three years; and how many COMPS there were in each of the last three years. [143367] Mr. Rooker: We cannot answer the first part of the hon. Member's question as information from NIRS2 will not be available until mid-2001. The answer to the second part is in the following table. The number of contracted-out money purchase schemes for each of the last three years _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Date Number of COMP schemes 1 November 1998 6,472 1 November 1999 4,254 1 November 2000 3,189 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Inland Revenue National Insurance Contributions Office.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 143367; 360 c224W
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Workplace pensions Pensions Personal pensions National insurance contributions State earnings related pension scheme
Contains statistics: Yes
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