§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to subject the National Insurance Contributions Office to legal obligations equivalent to those imposed on employers by the Pensions Act 1995. [115982]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 23 March 2000]: There are no such plans.
§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount of money which the National Insurance Contributions Office will pay in the age-related element of the NIC rebate to contracted-out money purchase schemes for the financial year 1999–2000; how much of that sum has so far been paid into schemes by the National Insurance Contributions Office; and if he will make a statement. [115981]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 23 March 2000]: The overall amount of age-related rebates paid into the financial year 1999–2000, up to and including 1 March 2000, is £2,348,720,798. This amount includes rebates for personal pension and contracted-out money purchase schemes. The amount of rebates paid solely to contracted-out money purchase schemes in the 1999–2000 financial year is not currently available. All of the amount above has been paid to schemes, except £131,360,489 million that will be paid on 3 April 2000.