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Written question asked by Baroness Deech (Crossbench) on Tuesday, 28 November 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 12 December 2017. It was answered by Lord Bates (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 December 2017 on behalf of the Treasury.

EU Staff: Pensions

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of their liability to continue to contribute towards the pensions of retired EU officials after Brexit; and what is their estimate of the cost of any such liability.

Answer

Following on from the Prime Minister’s speech in Florence, the

Joint report on progress during phase 1 of negotiations under Article 50 TEU on the UK’s orderly withdrawal from the EU

lays down the methodology agreed for calculating the financial settlement.

The UK will contribute its share of the financing of the Union’s liabilities incurred before 31 December 2020, including pensions, as they fall due.

The current liability associated with pensions is given in the Annual Accounts of the European Union 2016. As the Joint Report states, this liability has a long time-span and the forecast of its net present value depends on a number of assumptions and is sensitive to, in particular, the real discount rate, which has a historically low value at the time of drafting of the report.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3659
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Finance Pensions EU staff Brexit
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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