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Written question asked by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) on Monday, 4 December 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 December 2017. It was answered by Lord O'Shaughnessy (Conservative) on Thursday, 14 December 2017 on behalf of the Department of Health.

NHS: Pensions

Question

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.

Answer

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.

Year

Scheme non-members

estimated from

ESR data 1,2,3,5

Estimated scheme non-members in NHS trusts and

clinical commissioning

groups (CCGs) 4,5

2010

14%

169,000

2011

15%

171,000

2012

15%

167,000

2013

15%

165,000

2014

11%

123,000

2015

11%

128,000

2016

11%

130,000

2017

11%

128,000

Notes:

1The 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.

2Percentages do not cover general practices and other organisations that are excluded from or choose not to use ESR for payroll functions.

3The ESR Data Warehouse is a monthly snapshot of the local ESR payroll systems. The ESR Data Warehouse is unvalidated.

4The 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.

5It 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.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3828
Session
2017-19
Subjects
NHS Pensions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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