HL Deb 22 June 1998 vol 591 cc3-4WA
The Earl of Buckinghamshire

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is their estimate of the number respectively of men and women with current earnings exceeding £87,600 per annum who before 1 June 1989 became, and currently remain, members of a retirement benefits scheme which came into existence before 14 March 1989 and is approved under Sections 590 or 591 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988, or of a relevant statutory scheme within the meaning of Section 611A of that Act and which came into existence before 14 March 1989, and who before 1 June 1989 had become members of that scheme; and [HL2247]

What is their estimate of the number respectively of men and women with current earnings exceeding £87,600 per annum who either after 1 June 1989 became, and currently remain, members of a retirement benefits scheme which is approved under Sections 590 or 591 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988, or of a relevant statutory scheme within the meaning of Section 611 A of that Act, or who joined such a scheme which came into existence on or after 14 March 1989, and in either case is also a member of a funded unapproved retirement benefits scheme (FURBS). [HL2248]

Lord McIntosh of Haringey

The information requested is not available centrally. Only the trustees of individual occupational schemes would be able to provide it.