| Heading: |
Local Government Pension Scheme: Councillors |
| Question ID: |
1758750 |
| UIN: |
HL4439 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4555 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Porter of Spalding
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Porter of Spalding
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have for allowing elected councillors to join the Local Government Pension Scheme. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-10 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4956 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
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| Answering Member handle: |
SharonStevenage
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@SharonStevenage
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| Answer text: |
Currently, councillors in England are not eligible for membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, after access was removed in 2014. As the Responsible Authority for the LGPS, MHCLG keeps access to the scheme under regular review. |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |