§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2004,Official Report, column 865W, on pension schemes, how many people have (a) transferred their pensions into 1358W the NHS scheme and (b) been refused such transfers in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [168047]
§ Mr. HuttonThe number of transfer payments accepted by the National Health Service Pension Scheme in England and Wales for each of the last five years is shown in the table. The NHS Pensions Agency does not record information about transfer applications that are rejected.
1 April to 31 March Transfer payments accepted 2003–04 8,129 2002–03 8,223 2001–02 7,781 2000–01 7,591 1999–2000 8,382