§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 16 January,Official Report, column 582, if he will estimate the value of pension entitlement which has accrued in each of the unfunded public sector pension schemes. [15397]
§ Mr. WaldegravePrecise and up-to-date figures are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The latest information available, for the main unfunded public service schemes referred to in the answer of 16 January, relates to 31 March 1993 data and salary levels. The estimate of total liabilities in respect of the then active and former members, accrued to that date—including allowance for anticipated future salary and pension increases—is about £230 billion, made up approximately as follows:
£ billion NHS 55 Teachers 70 Civil Service 40 Armed Forces 35 Police 25 Fire 5 Total 230