To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many civil servants are (a) contributing to and (b) being paid a pension from each Civil Service pension scheme for which his Department has responsibility. (155003)

The information requested is available in the Resource Accounts 2006-07 of Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation, a copy of which is available in the Library for the reference of Members.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the total value was of each individual Civil Service pension scheme for which his Department has responsibility in each year since 1997. (155039)

Since the 1999-2000 financial year, details of the estimates of the unfunded liabilities of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme are published annually in the Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation Resource Accounts. Copies of these accounts for the years 1999-2000 to 2006-07 are available in the Library for the reference of Members.

Before the introduction of resource accounting in 1999-2000, the accounting arrangements in place did not include pension liabilities and so figures are not readily available. However, for the estimated liabilities at 31 March 1998, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given in the other place by the noble Lord McIntosh to the noble Lord Blackwell on 4 July 2000, House of Lords, Official Report, column WA129.