The contributions paid by employees and employers to, and pensions paid from, the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme for the last five years are detailed in the following table. £000 Contributions received Employers Employees¹ Pensions paid 2002-03 1,543,082 206,357 2,570,481 2003-04 1,681,257 262,852 2,672,616 2004-05 1,780,579 286,531 2,790,906 2005-06 2,518,792 311,427 2,922,019 2006-07 2,699,816 324,976 3,063,802 ¹ Employee contributions include amounts paid to purchase added years.