| Heading: |
Local Government Pension Scheme |
| Question ID: |
1810801 |
| UIN: |
58490 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-09 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5234 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Laurence Turner
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| Asking Member handle: |
larry_turner
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@larry_turner
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| Member interest: |
true |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities are able to prevent new employees from joining the Local Government Pension Scheme. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-12 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4569 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Jim McMahon
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| Answering Member handle: |
JimfromOldham
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@JimfromOldham
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
It is unlawful for local authorities to prevent their new employees from joining the Local Government Pension Scheme. Local authorities are scheduled bodies, as defined by part 1 of Schedule 2 of the LGPS Regulations 2013, and scheduled bodies must offer ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |