§ Mr. Duncan SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate she has made of the cost of the uprating of the National Insurance rebate for Serps in each of the next five years. [25924]
§ Mr. DenhamThe existing rebates are not specified beyond the 2000–01 tax year, so it is not possible to make precise estimates of the cost to the National Insurance Fund beyond that year. For information on the three years up to and including 2000–01 I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave the hon. Member for Northavon (Mr. Webb) on 26 January 1998,Official Report, column 116.