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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much money was spent by the relevant pension fund on paying pensions to retired members of the police force in 2001-02; if he will estimate the corresponding amounts to be spent in (a) five years' time, (b) 10 years'...

Asked by

Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 June 2002

For answer on

10 July 2002

Answered on

10 July 2002

Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money was spent by the relevant pension fund on paying pensions to retired members of the police force in 2001-02; if he will estimate the corresponding amounts to be spent in (a) five years' time, (b) 10 years' time, (c) 20 years' time and (d) 30 years' time; if he will estimate in each case the proportion of such liabilities which will arise from (i) unfunded pension schemes and (ii) pre-funded pension schemes; and in the case of pre-funded schemes; if he will estimate the value of the corresponding pre-funded funds in each of these years. [66560] Mr. Denham: The Police Pension Scheme is an unfunded scheme. The cost of police pensions in England and Wales in 2001-02 is estimated at £1.1 billion. Estimated costs to individual police authorities in 2001-02 are set out in the table. No projections of police pensions' costs in five, 10, 20 and 30 years' time are available. These are matters for individual police authorities. As we made clear in the White Paper `Policing a New Century: A Blueprint for Reform', we are aware of the need of police authorities and chief officers for a system which brings greater clarity about pensions obligations on individual police authorities. With the Treasury we are examining the options for a revised system of funding which would bring this about. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Net pensions expenditure Force £000 Avon and Somerset Police 31,585 Bedfordshire Police 9,078 Cambridgeshire Police 10,674 Cheshire Police 16,599 City of London 9,578 Cleveland Police 13,478 Cumbria Police 10,765 Derbyshire Police 14,473 Devon and Cornwall Police 28,313 Dorset Police 12,728 Durham Police 10,991 Dyfed Powys 8,435 Essex Police 25,211 Gloucestershire Police 10,301 Greater Manchester Police 66,792 Gwent Police Authority 9,621 Hampshire Police 24,537 Hertfordshire Police 12,308 Humberside Police 18,572 Kent Police 26,759 Lancashire Police 28,568 Leicestershire Police 14,706 Lincolnshire Police 12,820 Merseyside Police 43,542 Metropolitan Police (GLA) 254,767 Norfolk Police 12,354 North Wales 13,249 North Yorkshire Police 14,757 Northamptonshire Police 8,484 Northumbria Police 32,794 Nottinghamshire Police 21,457 South Wales 30,169 South Yorkshire Police 22,805 Staffordshire Police 22,866 Suffolk Police 11,130 Surrey Police 11,605 Sussex Police 29,312 Thames Valley Police 24,971 Warwickshire Police 10,300 West Mercia Police 18,183 West Midlands Police 51,133 West Yorkshire Police 47,066 Wiltshire Police 9,272 Total 1,117,108 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy Police Statistics 2001-02 (Estimates)

Date

10 July 2002

Reference

66560; 388 c1067-8W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to ensure the Bedfordshire Police Authority will not suffer a loss to its budget in the event of a successful claim against it by loss adjusters. - Inc ref to 380 c441-52, 25 February 2002.

Asked by

Alistair Burt (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 March 2002

Reference

38779; 382 c482W;382 c480W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will list, for each year since 1991, those health authorities that have underwritten liabilities stemming from contracts entered into by another party in receipt of a section 64 grant, indicating in each case the total cost to the NHS. -...

Asked by

Helen Jones (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 July 2000

Reference

354 c236W; 130511

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his Answer of 7th March, Official Report, 345 c625-6W, on indemnity cover for general practitioners, if the criteria for approval of medical liability indemnities under section 9 of the Health Act 1999 will include the maintenance of a solvency margin...

Asked by

Helen Clark (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 March 2000

Reference

346 c630-1W;346 c628-9W; 115413

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he will assess whether a provider of approved indemnity cover for GPs has sufficient reserves to meet its liabilities; what criteria will be used to approve providers of indemnity cover for GPs under the Health Act 1999; and what steps he...

Asked by

Helen Clark (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

25 February 2000

For answer on

7 March 2000

Answered on

7 March 2000

Mrs. Brinton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how he will assess whether a provider of approved indemnity cover for GPs has sufficient reserves to meet its liabilities; [112413] (2) what criteria will be used to approve providers of indemnity cover for GPs under the Health Act 1999; and what steps he is taking to ensure that the approval procedure does not discriminate between classes of indemnifier; [112412] (3) if the procedure for approving provision of indemnity cover for GPs will ensure that indemnifiers comply with requirements on insolvency margins equivalent to those made under the Insurance Companies Act 1982; and if he will make a statement. [112414] Mr. Denham: Section 9 of the Health Act 1999 gives the Secretary of State power to require Part II practitioners to hold approved indemnity cover with an approved body. The Secretary of State has power in Regulations to prescribe the circumstances in which such cover shall be required, and the terms for the cover. This enables the Secretary of State to ensure that cover will be approved only if it is adequate to meet the anticipated level of claims. This will apply both to cover provided by the medical protection organisations and commercial insurers. It is intended that the regulations will ensure through the approval mechanism that cover will still meet claims that arise from events when the clinician was covered but only come to light later, even if this is after the period of cover has ceased. Other criteria are currently the subject of consultation with interested organisations. The purpose of section 9 is to provide greater protection to patients awarded damages following negligence claims. The approval process will be open and transparent, the intention will be to ensure the highest level of protection reasonably achievable in the current climate.

Date

7 March 2000

Reference

345 c625-6W; 112413;112412;112414

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what advice is given by his Department to trusts about their liability for injury to nurses and ancillaries arising from them lifting or moving patients; what advice is given to nurses and ancillaries in (a) hospitals and (b) domiciliary situations about the...

Asked by

Andrew Mackinlay (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

5 March 1999

Reference

326 c919-20W; 73708;73707;73706

House

House of Commons

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