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1128529

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how long the transitionary relief will last under the forthcoming increase in employer’s contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme; and whether that relief will apply to all institutions that employ staff in that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	257732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department recently published its response to the public consultation on increases to teachers’ pensions employer contributions. All representations made by stakeholders have been considered, alongside all evidence relevant to the issues involved. The Department has decided to maintain its original proposal, to fund schools which receive public funding and Further Education providers for 2019-20, and not to fund Higher Education Institutions or Independent Schools. Funding beyond 2019-20 is a matter for the upcoming Spending Review.</p><p>The full response can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/funding-increases-to-teachers-pensions-employer-contributions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/funding-increases-to-teachers-pensions-employer-contributions</a>.</p><p>In addition, it is worth noting that all registered Higher Education providers are required to meet the Expectations of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education, which sets a high baseline for quality and standards.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 257733 question first answered 04/06/2019 15:51:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

1128530

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment on the effect of the increase to the employer’s contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme on the quality of education provided by Higher Education Institutions after the transitional protection has passed.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	257733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department recently published its response to the public consultation on increases to teachers’ pensions employer contributions. All representations made by stakeholders have been considered, alongside all evidence relevant to the issues involved. The Department has decided to maintain its original proposal, to fund schools which receive public funding and Further Education providers for 2019-20, and not to fund Higher Education Institutions or Independent Schools. Funding beyond 2019-20 is a matter for the upcoming Spending Review.</p><p>The full response can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/funding-increases-to-teachers-pensions-employer-contributions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/funding-increases-to-teachers-pensions-employer-contributions</a>.</p><p>In addition, it is worth noting that all registered Higher Education providers are required to meet the Expectations of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education, which sets a high baseline for quality and standards.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 257732 question first answered 04/06/2019 15:51:24 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

1127300

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of women who made superannuation contributions to the Teachers Pension Scheme prior to 6 April 1988.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
	tabling member printed	Janet Daby
	uin	255699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not undertaken such an estimate.</p><p>As part of the Government’s 2014 review of survivor benefits in occupational pension schemes, in assessing the likely cost of retrospectively equalising survivor benefits for past periods of accrual, the Government Actuary’s Department did estimate what proportion of female members of the scheme have service before 1988. Further information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/occupational-pension-schemes-review-of-survivor-benefits" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/occupational-pension-schemes-review-of-survivor-benefits</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 23/05/2019 14:18:27 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby