NHS: Pensions

(asked on 18th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS Pension Scheme has paid out in overpayments in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 26th October 2017

The table shows the total amount paid in overpayments by the National Health Service Pension Scheme in each of the last five years, and of which the total amount of overpayments paid due to clerical errors.

Year

Total value of overpayments

Value of overpayments due to clerical error

2016/17

£19,692,972

£202,064

2015/16

£18,159,429

£318,267

2014/15

£20,337,704

£243,433

2013/14

£16,441,369

£55,934

2012/13

£17,245,866

£6,311

Source: NHS Business Services Authority

In a majority of cases an overpayment arises from changes in scheme member circumstances after the initial pension has been awarded. These are generally beyond the control of the scheme administrator, with subsequent revision to pension benefits often resulting in an overpayment.

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