§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 23 April 2004,Official Report, column 709W, on pension forecasts, how many (a) employers and (b) pension providers participated in the service in each year since its introduction. [171100]
§ Malcolm WicksThe number of employers and pension providers who participated in the combined pension forecast service, in each year since the combined pension forecast service was introduced is contained in the following table.
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Employers Pension providers 2002 (up to) 5 2 2002–03 7 — 2003–04 64 2 In 2004–05 to date a further 59 employers have agreed to participate.
The table shows two pension providers, however an earlier answer provided on 5 June 2003, Official Report, column 546W, stated that four providers were participating.
The difference is accounted for by:
Countrywide Assd Caspil and Countrywide Assd Vax (listed as separate providers in the original reply) have now merged into a single organisation.Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society was incorrectly described as a provider and has now been correctly classified as an employer.