Contributions payable to an appropriate personal pension scheme or to a FSAVC scheme by the DWP in respect of a member who has contracted out. The contributions are the flat rate rebate plus the age-related rebate of national insurance contributions and basic rate tax relief on the employer’s share of the rebate where paid into a personal pension plan. The term also describes any minimum amount that a member must contribute in order to be a member of an occupational or personal pension scheme, or in order to make additional voluntary contributions.