HC Deb 25 May 2004 vol 421 cc1590-1W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects to have prepared estimates for the number of people contracted out of second tier state pension provision in(a) 2001–02, (b) 2002–03 and (c) 2003–04. [173241]

Malcolm Wicks

We hope to publish estimates of the number of people contracted out of the State Second Pension in the 2001–02 and 2002–03 tax years by the end of 2004. Estimates of the number of people contracted out in the 2003–04 tax year are expected to be published at the end of 2005.