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1659548

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many complaints have been lodged about the delivery of NHS Pensions in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	198716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) administers the NHS Pension Scheme and operates a complaints process as well as a two-step Internal Dispute Resolution (IDR) procedure. If a complainant has exhausted the IDR process and is not satisfied with the outcome, they may also be able to approach the Pensions Ombudsman.</p><p>In the 12 months to the end of August 2023, the NHSBSA received 813 complaints, 1,201 IDRs at Stage One, 295 IDRs at Stage Two and 55 cases referred from the Pensions Ombudsman. Some of the complaints the NHSBSA receive may progress to an IDR at Stage One. However, not all IDRs at Stage One originate as complaints as some complainants embark straight onto the IDR process.</p><p>These complaints need to be seen in the context of the number of members in the NHS Pension Scheme. As of 31 March 2023, there were 1,815,310 active members, 772,560 deferred members and 1,098,388 pensioner members.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 19/09/2023 16:09:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1605543

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2023
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the 2019-20 NHS Pensions Annual Allowance Charge Compensation Policy.
	tabling member constituency	Ilford North
	tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
	uin	169354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The 2019/20 Pensions Annual Allowance Compensation Charge reimbursement provision entered in the 2021/22 NHS England accounts is £290 million. This covers the commitment to pay clinicians in the National Health Service Pension Scheme for the effect of the Scheme Pays deduction on their income from the NHS Pension Scheme in retirement, in line with the ministerial direction to the Department and NHS England.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 28/03/2023 14:48:40 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 65485 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1601862

	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department’s consultation entitled NHS Pension Scheme: proposed amendments to scheme regulations published on 5 December 2022, when his Department’s response to that consultation will be published.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	160449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department published its response to the consultation on amendments to the NHS Pension Scheme on 7 March 2023. This is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/nhs-pension-scheme-proposed-amendments-to-scheme-regulations/outcome/nhs-pension-scheme-proposed-amendments-to-scheme-regulations-consultation-response" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/nhs-pension-scheme-proposed-amendments-to-scheme-regulations/outcome/nhs-pension-scheme-proposed-amendments-to-scheme-regulations-consultation-response</a>.</p><p>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 constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/03/2023 17:54:23 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

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

1545877

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of making the recent extension of the relaxation of NHS pensions rules permanent.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	97660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>We have announced the intention to implement new permanent retirement flexibilities which benefit all staff groups. A consultation on detailed proposals will be published in due course, which is expected to include a new partial retirement option and allowing retired staff to accrue further pension when returning to service.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation will also propose the permanent removal of the 16-hour rule which limited the work retired staff could do in the first month upon returning to service. This has been suspended since March 2020 due to the response to the pandemic. The Department has also continued the suspension of pension abatement for nurses and other staff who claimed their pension early using special class retirement rights to 31 March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/12/2022 16:31:51 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1541897

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of freezing the pension lifetime allowance on the retention of senior clinicians in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	86635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>Freezing the lifetime allowance has been a progressive measure to restrict the £54 billion annual cost of tax relief, affecting only those with pensions worth over a million pounds. The generosity of the NHS Pension Scheme and well-remunerated careers means that some senior clinicians exceed their allowances for tax-free pension saving. This may be a factor in personal decisions around working patterns and retirement. The Department is working with NHS England to encourage National Health Service trusts to explore local solutions for senior clinicians affected by pension tax charges, including the option of employer pension contribution recycling</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/11/2022 17:12:30 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1541898

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of negative pension input amounts on the retention of senior clinicians in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	86636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The generosity of the NHS Pension Scheme and well-remunerated careers means that some senior clinicians exceed their allowances for tax-free pension saving. This may be a factor in personal decisions around working patterns and retirement. ‘Our plan for patients’ announced that we will change Pension Scheme rules to ensure the current high inflation environment does not expose National Health Service staff to higher annual allowance tax charges on the pension they earn this year.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/11/2022 17:10:09 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1541899

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of making the NHS Pension Scheme tax unregistered on the (a) pensions and (b) retention rate of senior clinicians in the NHS.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	86637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>The majority of NHS Pension Scheme members can build their pensions tax-free. An unregistered NHS Pension Scheme tax would result in lost tax relief on contributions for members and the loss of a tax-free lump sum of up to 25% of the value of the pension on retirement. We are implementing pension flexibilities to support senior clinicians, including partial retirement, amending the revaluation date for career average benefits to address the impact of high inflation and working with NHS England to support National Health Service trusts to explore local flexibilities, such as employer contribution recycling.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 22/11/2022 17:12:33 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1506205

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2022
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making the NHS Pension Scheme tax unregistered for the purposes of helping to provide predictability for NHS workers undertaking overtime.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	49708
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is reviewing the interaction between taxation and pensions in the National Health Service. Making the NHS Pension Scheme into a tax-unregistered scheme would not benefit the vast majority of NHS staff, who would lose income tax relief on contributions and the option of a tax-free lump sum on retirement.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 23/09/2022 08:21:26 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry