Departmental Pensions

Pete Wishart
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the cost of pension contributions incurred by his Department was in each of the last three financial years; and what the planned expenditure is for 2008-09.

Ann McKechin
The pension contributions incurred by the Scotland Office in each of the last three years were:

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|       |Cost (£)|
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|2005-06|270,533 |
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|2006-07|287,273 |
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|2007-08|345,063 |
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The planned expenditure for 2008-09 is £375,000.