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1142432

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to compensate senior NHS staff who have inadvertently exceeded the tapered annual pensions allowance.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL17506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2019 answer text <p>For the majority of people, their pension contributions are tax-free. This makes pensions tax relief one of the most expensive reliefs in the personal tax system. The reforms to the lifetime and annual allowance made in the previous two parliaments are expected to save over £6 billion per year and are necessary to deliver a fair system and protect public finances. Less than 1% of pension savers will have to reduce their saving or face an annual allowance charge as a result of the tapered annual allowance.</p><p>While there are no plans to compensate senior National Health Service staff who exceed their tax-free pension savings allowances, the Scheme Pays facility is there to assist NHS Pension Scheme members who breach the annual allowance, and allows them to settle their lifetime and annual allowance charges without making an upfront payment. The Scheme Pays facility was recently extended to cover tax charges of any amount and those arising from the tapered annual allowance.</p><p>The Government has launched a full public consultation setting out proposals to make the NHS Pension Scheme more flexible for clinicians, to give them more control over their pension growth and tax liabilities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 06/08/2019 15:06:30 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1602192

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to the NHS Pension Scheme: proposed amendments to scheme regulations consultation, which ran from 5 December 2022 to 30 January 2023.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
	uin	HL6204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department published its response to the consultation on amendments to the NHS Pension Scheme on 7 March 2023 in an online-only format. Overall, the proposed changes were well received and most of the respondents agreed that they should be implemented. The Department therefore intends to proceed with the proposals it set out.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 17/03/2023 13:11:24 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1602193

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the proposed changes to the NHS Pension Scheme on the retention of (1) trauma, and (2) orthopaedic, surgeons.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
	uin	HL6205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department recently consulted on a range of pensions measures, including new retirement flexibilities to enable National Health Service staff to work more flexibly up to and beyond retirement age, and changes to scheme rules to address inflation. The Department confirmed on 7 March 2023 that it intends to implement the measures as planned.</p><p>The changes will remove barriers for experienced staff, including trauma and orthopaedic surgeons, retiring and returning to work and will allow them to draw down some or all of their pension but continue working and building more pension benefits. Staff affected by Annual Allowance (AA) charges will be able to reduce pensionable pay on partial retirement to avoid AA charges without necessarily reducing overall work commitments.</p><p>By fixing the unintended impacts of inflation, the changes will also help to retain senior clinicians affected by pension tax who might otherwise reduce their workloads or take early retirement.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 20/03/2023 15:39:45 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

426033

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what surplus they forecast for the NHS Pension Scheme in 2015–16 and 2016–17.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL3306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The NHS Pension Scheme is a ‘pay as you go’ pension scheme without financial assets. The last valuation in 2012 identified a deficit of £10.3 billion in the notional fund which is met by contributions from employers.</p><br /><p>No additional contribution is expected from the National Health Service in 2016-17. NHS employers will continue to pay the standard employer contribution rate of 14.3%.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL3307 question first answered 10/11/2015 12:16:39 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

426034

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what additional contribution in cash terms they expect the NHS to make to the NHS Pension Scheme in 2016–17.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL3307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The NHS Pension Scheme is a ‘pay as you go’ pension scheme without financial assets. The last valuation in 2012 identified a deficit of £10.3 billion in the notional fund which is met by contributions from employers.</p><br /><p>No additional contribution is expected from the National Health Service in 2016-17. NHS employers will continue to pay the standard employer contribution rate of 14.3%.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL3306 question first answered 10/11/2015 12:16:39 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

800438

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of former staff of NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts who moved to employment with a wholly owned subsidiary of those Trusts who have opted to come out of the NHS Pension Scheme in return for higher wages.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL3825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Any compulsorily transferred staff would have their pay, terms and conditions protected under Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment legislation and have continued access to the NHS Pension Scheme under the Government’s New Fair Deal guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 18/12/2017 16:21:02 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

800439

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what independent advice was made available to staff of NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts who, in moving to employment by a wholly owned subsidiary of that Trust, opted to come out of the NHS Pension Scheme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL3826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Making available independent advice would be a matter for their employer to consider.</p><p> </p><p>Any staff considering changes to their pay and pensions arrangements should be encouraged by their employer to take independent advice from an approved provider. The NHS Business Services Authority which administers the NHS Pension Scheme provides a range of information about the NHS Pension Scheme which could be used to help inform any independent advice.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 18/12/2017 16:22:01 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

800440

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many NHS employees in England were paying into the NHS Pension Scheme in each year since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL3827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>A table showing the number of National Health Service employees in England and Wales paying into the NHS Pension Scheme in each year since 2010 is attached due to the size of the data.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 18/12/2017 16:59:51 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name HL3827 table formatted.docx title HL3827 NHS Pension Scheme table
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

800441

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many NHS employees in England there were who did not pay into the NHS Pension Scheme in each year since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL3828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The following table provides an estimate of the number, and percentage, of National Health Service staff in England on the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) who did not pay into the NHS Pension Scheme as at April of each year since 2010.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Scheme non-members</p><p>estimated from</p><p>ESR data <sup>1,2,3,5</sup></p></td><td><p>Estimated scheme non-members in NHS trusts and</p><p>clinical commissioning</p><p>groups (CCGs) <sup>4,5</sup></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>169,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>171,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>167,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>165,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>123,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>128,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>130,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>128,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1</sup>The percentage of scheme non-members is based on staff identified on the ESR Data Warehouse with no employers’ pension contribution made on their behalf in the March of each year.</p><p><sup>2</sup>Percentages do not cover general practices and other organisations that are excluded from or choose not to use ESR for payroll functions.</p><p><sup>3</sup>The ESR Data Warehouse is a monthly snapshot of the local ESR payroll systems. The ESR Data Warehouse is unvalidated.</p><p><sup>4</sup>The number of scheme non-members is estimated by multiplying NHS Digital’s published headcount of staff in NHS trusts and CCGs at 31 March each year by the percentage of scheme non-members estimated from ESR data.</p><p><sup>5</sup>It should be noted that it is not appropriate to conflate these estimates with NHS Pension Scheme membership counts derived from NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) data. The NHSBSA collates active membership data on all NHS pension scheme members across primary care in England and Wales. The ESR Data Warehouse is a monthly snap shot of the live ESR system. This is the HR and payroll system that covers all NHS employees other than those working in general practice, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and organisations to which functions have been transferred, such as local authorities. Figures are for England only.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/12/2017 12:25:35 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

800442

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	NHS: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they give to staff of the NHS on the merits of the NHS Superannuation Scheme.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL3829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department, NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) which administers the NHS Pension Scheme (NHSPS) on behalf of the Secretary of State and National Health Service employers are not authorised to provide advice to staff on the merits of the NHS Superannuation Scheme. However, the NHSBSA provides comprehensive online only information to members, potential members, and employers about the NHSPS covering the following:</p><p> </p><p>- Joining the Scheme;</p><p>- Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme;</p><p>- Cost of being in the Scheme;</p><p>- Transferring into the Scheme;</p><p>- Increasing your pension;</p><p>- Getting an estimate of your pension;</p><p>- Family and your pension;</p><p>- Applying for your pension;</p><p>- Leaving or taking a break from the Scheme;</p><p>- Divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership and your pension;</p><p>- Annual Allowance;</p><p>- Lifetime Allowance; and</p><p>- Information for Practitioner, locum and non-general practitioner members.</p><p>In addition, the NHSBSA provides scheme members with an annual total reward statement, which outlines their pension savings to date.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 14/12/2017 14:39:04 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath