§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, further to his answer of 6 February,Official Report, column 194, within which heading the administrative costs of the state earnings-related pension scheme are subsumed; and what are the total costs under that heading for all fees, commissions and administrations covered by that heading.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe administrative costs of SERPS are not separately identified, but are included in the overall figure for retirement pension. In 1989–90 the total estimated administrative cost of retirement pension was £331 million.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what sums have been paid for each of the years since 1986 from general taxation into the national insurance fund to make good deficits arising from opting out of the state earnings-related pension scheme.
§ Mr. JackPayments have never been made into the national insurance fund from general taxation specifically to make good contribution rebates arising from opting out of SERPS.