To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the (a) rate and (b) cost was of employer contributions for each public-sector pension scheme for which his Department has responsibility in each year since 1990-91; and if he will make a statement. (200748)

Since the introduction of resource accounting in 1999-2000, the amount of the employer contributions made is published each year in the resource accounts of Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation, copies of which are available in the Libraries of the House. The amount of the employer contributions made for the years 1995-1996 (when the Cabinet Office became the scheme manager) to 1998-1999 is available in the Cabinet Office Appropriation Accounts, copies of which are also available in the Library of the House.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the cash equivalent transfer value is of the public-sector pensions of the 10 highest paid members of staff in his Department and its executive agencies; and if he will make a statement. (200750)

The cash equivalent transfer value for the Department's most senior staff is set out in the departmental resource accounts that are published on the Cabinet Office website at

http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/reports/annualreport.aspx.

Copies are available in the Library for the reference of Members.