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Has a breakdown of the amounts savers have in the PMS ever been issued? What percentage of folk have under £5000, £10000, £20000, £50000, and so on?

The reason I ask, is because it could well be that pensioners in the PCI, on a very tight budget, might be asked to contribute so that those with a million pounds or more invested, might be fully compensated. I do not think that is fair.

Surely everyone under £50000 should be fully compensated, with those with the really big money invested taking the hit - after all the PMS was never really meant for them anyway.

Contribute more to the *fun*??

If the principle is established that the Presbyterian Church should contribute to the bailout, why should its contribution be limited to a maximum of £5 million when its assets far exceed this figure? It is not long ago that there was outrage at the cost to taxpayers of the Pope's visit to Britain - this is much worse.

Taxpayers should be protected; not fleeced.

I agree with robertrev -- the big money will continue to be recompensated as time goes on and the under 20,000s won't see a thing. I wonder if there isn't a way that the PCI monies can't go in a specifically targetted way to the little guy.

I have been thinking about these figures and the situation is dire for taxpayers.

If the Government's gift of £25 million is added to the Executive's gift of £25 million this makes £50 million. This figure divided by the total number of savers (10,000) gives a figure of £5,000 per saver!

Is this same group of people whining about other global bank bailouts?

RobertRev's suggestions make a lot of sense to me but perhaps that is because I fall into this category. The whole situation is one great bit mess and if I wasn't dedicated to the PCI I would be saying "Goodbye"