Question follow-through · 58490
Local Government Pension Scheme
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.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jun 2025
Question tabled
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.
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jun 2025
Answer published
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 ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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1 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable is for publishing the Birmingham Commissioners' latest report to the Secretary of State.