HC Deb 30 April 2004 vol 420 c1370W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his latest estimate is of expenditure on national insurance rebates for those who are contracted out of the state second pension(a) in 2006-07 and (b) for each of the next 10 financial years. [167280]

Malcolm Wicks

The information is in the table:

Tax year Estimated rebate cost (£ billion)
2006–07 12.7
2007–08 12.2
2008–09 12.5
2009–10 12.8
2010–11 13.1
2011–12 13.5
2012–13 13.5
2013–14 13.8
2014–15 14.2
2015–16 14.6
2016–17 15.0
Note:
Figures are based on the assumptions used to determine the current national insurance rebates and those for the long-term Public Expenditure Surrey undertaken in February 2004.
Source:
Government Actuary's Department