Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration, if any, they are giving to the forfeiture of the NHS pensions of Mr Amran Hussein and Dr Muhammad Iqbal following their recent convictions.

Under NHS Pension Scheme Regulations, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, may direct all or part of a member's pension benefits be forfeited where the member has been convicted of a relevant offence committed before those benefits become payable. Any decision on forfeiture is considered on a case-by-case basis.

The Government does not comment on individual cases.