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Teachers: Workplace Pensions

Commons · Question 6021 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 14 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Damian Hinds

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the revenue to the teachers’ pension scheme from independent schools’ employers’ contributions as of (a) the most recent date for which data are available and (b) October 2021.

Answer

Answered by Catherine McKinnell, 14 Oct 2024

The scheme administrator maintains a record of the number of independent schools participating in the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS), as well as those that have elected for phased withdrawal. However, as participation is voluntary for this sector, the sch...