Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 22 February 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
(1) how many staff are employed by the International Pension Centre (a) in the UK and (b) overseas;
(2) how many International Pension Service officers there were at UK embassies and high commissions in each of the last five years;
(3) what the operating costs were of the International Pension Centre (a) in the UK and (b) overseas in the latest period for which figures are available.
International Pension Centre currently employs 641 staff in the UK.
International Pension Centre do not directly employ anybody overseas, but have access to 13 locally engaged pensions officers, employed through Foreign and Commonwealth Office, based at UK embassies and high commissions in the following countries:
Country | Number of pensions officers |
Bangladesh | 2 |
India | 3 |
Pakistan | 2 |
Spain | 5 |
Yemen | 1 |
Total | 13 |
International Pension Centre had access to pensions officers in each of the last five years as follows:
Country | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
Bangladesh | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
India | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Spain | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Yemen | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 13 |
Note: Figures presented as at 31 December. |
For 2010-11, the total operating costs of International Pension Centre were as follows:
£ | |
UK | 16,827,140 |
Overseas | 661,503 |
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