§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the(a) funded and (b) unfunded public sector pension schemes for which his Department, its agencies and its non-departmental public bodies are responsible; when the last actuarial valuation was of each scheme; what the value was of the assets at the last actuarial valuation of each scheme; what deficit is disclosed by the last actuarial valuation of each scheme; and if he will make a statement. [104934]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe UK based staff employed by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office are members of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) and related schemes. These schemes are managed under Section 1 of the Superannuation Act 1972, by the Civil Service Pensions Division of the Cabinet Office, on behalf of HM Treasury. The audited accounts of the PCSPS for 2001–2002 were laid before the House on 21 January 2003 by the Comptroller and Auditor General.
523WOf the non-departmental public bodies for which the Foreign & Commonwealth Office is responsible, the staff of the British Council, the Great Britain China Centre and the Westminster Foundation for Democracy are similarly members of the PCSPS and related schemes. Staff of the Britain-Russia Centre and the British Association for Central and Eastern Europe receive an enhancement to their individual salaries in lieu of having pension arrangements.
Various different pension arrangements exist for local staff at United Kingdom Missions abroad. Readily available information on such schemes is as follows:
£ Country Date of valuation Assets Future liabilities Belgium 2000 2,168,000 1,847,000 Canada 2001 3,902,000 3,383,000 Irish republic 2001 1,316,000 1,486,000 Jamaica 2001 247,000 206,000 South Africa 2000 1,713,000 1,103,000 USA 2002 30,220,000 36,320,000 To obtain the information requested in respect of other schemes elsewhere abroad, would incur disproportionate costs.