Friday 03 May 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_6883
Date Request Received: 22/11/2022 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 16/12/2022 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Recycling of employer pension contributions
Request Category: Political Parties
| Question Number 1: Has your Trust ever had a "recycling policy" whereby the employer’s pension contributions are paid to the employee as additional payment when they opt out of the NHS pension scheme? If so, please provide a copy of the latest policy. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Yes - see attached. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI 6883 Pension Recycling form.docx | |
| Question Number 2: If the answer to question 1 was yes: a) Please confirm which date or dates the policy was/is operational. b) Who is the recycling policy available to and are there any criteria that need to be met? c) Does the recycling policy include members affected by Life Time Allowance? d) Does the recycling policy include members affected by Annual Allowance or Tapered Annual Allowance? e) What percentage of the employer’s contribution was made available for salary, prior to deduction of employers National Insurance? | |
| Answer To Question 2: a 1 January 2020 b All staff affected by to Annual Allowance or Life Time Allowance c Yes d Yes e 12.3% | |
| Question Number 3: If the answer to question 1 was no and you have never had a recycling policy, please provide the following information: a. Has this ever been discussed by your remuneration committee, executive board or LNC? b. If it has been discussed, please provide a copy of the minutes or outcome of this discussion outlining why it was not implemented. | |
| Answer To Question 3: N/A | |
| Question Number 4: How many consultants (whole time equivalent) does your trust employ? | |
| Answer To Question 4: 182.43 | |
| Question Number 5: Does your Trust currently have vacant consultant posts, if so, what is the whole-time equivalent for these vacancies? | |
| Answer To Question 5: 19.38 | |
| Question Number 6: What was your Trust spend in 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 for agency, locum and outsourced work that would be otherwise have been conducted by consultant staff? | |
| Answer To Question 6: £'000 2021-22 1,027 2020-21 1,417 2019-20 1,370 | |
| Question Number 7: As of 1st April 2022, how many consultant staff are deferred (opted out) members of the NHS pension scheme? | |
| Answer To Question 7: 12 | |
| Question Number 8: If you have a recycling policy, how many consultants have applied and been successful in receiving the payment of the employer’s pension contributions as an additional payment. How many consultants have applied and been unsuccessful? | |
| Answer To Question 8: 7, none unsuccessful | |
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