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That remit was expanded in November 1997 to enable the committee to carry out an inquiry into the funding of political parties, which was the subject of one of our other reports.
The state picks up the pensions bill through the Department for Work and Pensions. Rather than funding pensions for staff working in private prisons through the price of prisons—as we do in the public sector—we fund them through DWP benefits.