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Teachers: Workplace Pensions

Commons · Question 2819 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the average cost to independent schools of the increase in employer contributions to the teachers' pension scheme in the academic year 2024-25.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 9 Sep 2024

Departmental officials regularly gather data on the number of teachers opting out of participation in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) and discuss this with members of the Scheme Advisory Board, which is made up of employer and member representatives. D...