§ Mr. ButterfillTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many people have contracted back into SERPS from COMPS—contracted out money purchase schemes—and approved personal pensions in each of the last three years; and how many COMPS there were in each of the last three years. [143367]
§ Mr. RookerWe cannot answer the first part of the hon. Member's question as information from NIRS2 will not be available until mid-2001. The answer to the second part is in the following table.
The number of contracted-out money purchase schemes for each of the last three years Date Number of COMP schemes 1 November 1998 6,472 1 November 1999 4,254 1 November 2000 3,189 Source:
Inland Revenue National Insurance Contributions Office.