HC Deb 04 July 2002 vol 388 cc505-7W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money was spent by the relevant pension fund on paying pensions to retired(a) teachers and (b) university staff in 2001–02; if she will estimate the corresponding amounts to be spent in (i) five years' time, (ii) 10 years' time, (iii) 20 years' time and (iv) 30 years' time; if she will estimate in each case the proportion of such liabilities which will arise from (A) unfunded pension schemes and (B) pre-funded pension schemes; and in the case of pre-funded schemes, if she will estimate the value of the corresponding pre-funded funds in each of these years. [66561]

Mr. Miliband

The projected expenditure on pension benefits in respect of members of the teachers' pension scheme for the years in question is shown in the table. The teachers' pension scheme, which covers schools, further education establishments and the "post 1992" university sector, is an unfunded scheme.

Teachers' pension scheme (England and Wales)
£ billion
Year ending 31 March Projected outgo1
2002 24.0
2007 4.3
2012 4.6
2022 5.0
2032 5.0
1 Constant earnings terms, real earnings growth 1.5 per cent. a year.
2 Based on "Actual outgo" for 2001–02 of £3.96 billion.

Source:

Government Actuary's Department.

Academic staff in the "pre 1992" universities are generally members of the universities superannuation scheme. This is a fully funded private sector scheme. Non-academic staff in all universities can be members of one of a number of private sector funded schemes or the funded local government pension scheme depending on the pension arrangements made by individual universities.

Offenders referred by the Law Officers to the CA Number of references withdrawn Leave Granted by the Court of Appeal Number of referrals Court of Appeal held to be ULS Sentences increased by the Court of Appeal Sentences unchanged by the Court of Appeal
1989 9 2 7 — 7 1
1990 25 5 19 — 17 2
1991 26 3 22 — 18 4
1992 37 4 32 — 29 3
1993 30 2 28 — 24 4
1994 50 2 46 — 39 7
1995 77 4 73 — 68 5
1996 68 2 64 — 49 15
1997 70 1 66 58 47 19
1998 95 10 80 74 69 10
1999 89 6 80 72 59 21