To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he has made a decision on the establishment of the teachers' pensions agency under the "next steps" initiative.

I have decided to establish the teachers' pensions agency with effect from 1 April 1992. The agency will be located in Darlington.A framework document setting out the organisational, financial and management structure under which the agency will operate will be published at that time. The performance targets which I will set the agency will also be published.