HC Deb 29 March 2000 vol 347 cc148-9W
Mr. Lidington

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what target he has set the National Insurance Contributions Office for the prompt payment to the contracted-out money purchase pension schemes of the age-related element of NIC rebates; what proportion of payments met that target in(a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99 and (c) 1999–2000 to date; and if he will make a statement. [115983]

Dawn Primarolo

[holding answer 23 March 2000]:There is no target for the payment of age related rebates to contracted-out money purchase schemes. Rebate payments depend on the successful processing of employers' end of year returns.

The targets set for processing of employers' End of Year Returns are as follows:

Percentage
Tax year/description Target set Achieved
1998–99
National Insurance contributions properly recorded for 80 per cent. of appropriate notifications from employers in respect of Class 1 contributions by 31 December 1999 and 93 per cent. by 31 March 2000 93 198.53
1 To date