§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) if he will list the organisations and individuals who have responded to the report of the efficiency scrutiny of the local government superannuation scheme; and if he will place their responses in the Library;
(2) which organisations and individuals who responded to the report of the efficiency scrutiny of the local government superannuation scheme supported the decentralisation of the local government scheme so as to allow local authorities to take responsibility for their own pension provision.
§ Mr. GummerMy Department's efficiency scrutiny report on the local government superannuation scheme was completed in July 1993. Over 1,000 copies were circulated widely in England and Wales, together with a discussion paper. Two hundred and forty responses were received from local authorities, other organisations and individual scheme members. A list of respondees has been placed in the Library, but no authority has been received to publish their actual comments. However, respondees may be willing to give an indication of their views if approached. The following organisations expressed varying degrees of support for the scrutineer's recommendation that local authorities should take responsibility for their own pension provision:
- Cambridgeshire County Council
- Somerset County Council
- Bradford Metropolitan Council
- Birmingham City Council
- Babergh District Council
- Cherwell District Council
- Woking District Council
- National Rivers Authority
- The Pensions Trust
- Association of British Insurers
- Bacon and Woodrow
- Clay and Partners
- Godwins Ltd.