§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent by his Department on paying pensions to retired employees of his Department in 2001–02; if he will estimate the corresponding amounts to be spent in(a) five years' time, (b) 10 years' time, (c) 20 years' time and (d) 30 years' time; if he will estimate in each case the proportion of such liabilities which will arise from (i) unfunded pension schemes and (ii) pre-funded pension schemes; and in the case of pre-funded schemes, if he will estimate the value of the corresponding pre-funded funds in each of these years. [57370]
§ Beverley Hughes[holding answer 20 May 2002]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (Mr. Leslie), on 23 May 2002, Official Report, column 563W.