West Yorkshire Pension Fund

Chris McCafferty
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the assets of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund.

Mr. Woolas
The market value of the assets held by the West Yorkshire Pension Fund of the Local Government Pension Scheme as at 31 March 2006 was £6.6 billion. The data are derived from the annual return submitted to the Department by the West Yorkshire Pension Fund Authority.