Written question asked by Lord Willetts (Conservative) on Thursday, 14 November 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 December 2002. It was answered by Ruth Kelly (Labour) on Thursday, 19 December 2002 on behalf of the Office for National Statistics.

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Treasury;Office for National Statistics

Question

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will give a breakdown of line H of the table on page 31 of the ONS Review of Pension Contribution Statistics published on 10th October between transfers within the assured sector, transfers between the self-administered and assured sector and transfers from public sector schemes; if he will estimate the average contribution per head of those who (a) have made contributions and (b) have had contributions made on their behalf in each of the last five years, broken down by those who have had the contributions made to (i) individual and personal pensions, (ii) self-administered occupational pension schemes and (iii) insurance-managed occupational pension schemes; and if he will make a statement; if he will estimate the number of individuals who have made contributions or who have had contributions made on their behalf in each of the last five years, broken down by those who have had the contributions made to (a) individual and personal pensions, (b) self-administered occupational pension schemes and (c) insurance-managed occupational pension schemes; how much has been contributed to funded pension schemes by individuals and employers in each of the last five years, broken down by individual and personal pensions, (b) self-administered occupational pension schemes and (c) insurance-managed occupational pension schemes; whether the checks referred to in paragraph 2 on page 30 of the ONS Review of Pension Contribution Statistics published on 10th October had been carried out between the time the Statistical Working Group met in June and the Review was published in October; what the result was of those checks; and whether they were taken into account in providing the answer to the Right honourable Member for Fylde, 29th October, 391 c689W; what deduction was made to the figure for gross contributions to allow for transfers of pension scheme assets that pass between the self-administered and insurance-managed sectors but remain within the same pension fund, when preparing the table on pages 31 and 32 of the ONS Review of Pension Contribution Statistics published on 10th October. - Inc table and text of letter from Len Cook of the Office for National Statistics.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

396 c922-5W;396 c920-3W; 81798;81799;81800;81801;81796;81797

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Contributions Private sector Workplace pensions Pensions Personal pensions Public sector Statistics

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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