Pensions

Question

Asked by

Lord Laird
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme's income from contributions and transfer payments in the past three years; and what its expenditure on pension benefits and transfers was in those years. [HL4974]

Baroness Crawley
The Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme's income from contributions and transfer payments, and expenditure on pension benefits and transfers, are accounted for in the resource accounts for Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation. The income receivable from contributions and transfer payments is shown in the combined revenue account. Information on benefits and transfer payments is shown in note 26, “Provision for pension liability”. Copies of the resource accounts for the years up to and including 2007-08 can be found in the Library.