HC Deb 29 November 2000 vol 357 cc703-4W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people with personal pension schemes are owed outstanding national insurance contribution rebates;

Economically inactive rates1 by regions (GORs)2, spring (March to May) 1992-2000
Spring
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
United Kingdom 36.9 37.3 37.4 37.6 37.5 37.3 37.5 37.1 36.9
Great Britain 36.8 37.2 37.3 37.5 37.4 37.2 37.4 37.0 36.7
England 36.5 36.7 37.0 37.1 36.9 36.9 37.0 36.5 36.3
North East 40.9 41.3 41.8 42.3 41.5 41.5 42.8 42.8 41.3
North West 38.7 39.1 39.3 40.4 39.6 40.0 40.9 39.7 38.7
Yorkshire and Humberside 37.6 37.5 38.2 37.9 38.4 38.9 38.5 38.5 37.6
East Midlands 35.9 35.8 36.8 36.5 35.9 35.8 36.1 36.3 35.3
West Midlands 37.2 37.4 36.8 37.4 37.3 37.5 37.0 36.8 37.7
East 34.2 34.2 34.7 34.5 35.2 35.6 34.6 34.8 34.9
London 36.2 35.5 36.4 36.4 35.9 35.3 36.4 35.0 35.4
South East 33.7 35.0 34.6 34.6 34.0 34.0 33.7 33.4 33.0
South West 37.5 37.6 37.4 37.3 37.9 36.7 36.8 36.1 36.3
Wales 42.3 43.6 42.8 42.5 42.7 41.8 43.6 42.6 42.5
Scotland 36.6 38.2 37.3 38.0 38.5 38.0 8.1 38.5 37.5
Northern Ireland 39.9 41.6 42.3 41.3 40.8 40.3 40.6 40.5 42.2
1Total economically inactive as a percentage of all persons in each region
2Government Office Regions (GORs) only available since 1992

Source:

ONS—Labour Force Survey

how much these rebates are worth in total; and when the Government expects to have paid all the outstanding rebates. [135725]

(2) how many people with personal pension schemes have already received national insurance contribution rebates that were previously outstanding; and how much these rebates are worth in total. [135723]

Dawn Primarolo

There are approximately 119,000 people awaiting rebates for the 1997-98 and 1998-99 tax years. About £80.75 million of rebates remain to be paid.

Approximately 4 million people have received rebates that were previously outstanding and these rebates amount to about £2.1 billion.

We expect to have reached the normal situation in relation to payment of outstanding rebates by March 2001.

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