Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government what were the (1) employer, and (2) employee, contribution rates for each public service pension scheme in each financial year since 1999–2000; and what is the estimated service cost of each of those schemes in the current financial year.

There are 20 public service pension schemes in the UK for NHS workers, teachers, the armed forces, the police, firefighters, the judiciary, local government workers and civil servants. Published actuarial valuations are completed every 4 years (or every 3 years in the case of the Local Government Pension Schemes in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland) and set the employer contribution rates.

Across those schemes there will be thousands of different employer contribution rates specified during the period 1999/2000 to 2025/2026 and the Government does not hold a summary of all of the information requested. Employee contribution rates for each of the schemes are set out in scheme regulations laid before Parliament.

There are also public service pension schemes for Westminster MPs and ministers, and equivalent schemes for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which are also required to publish their employer contribution rates. The service costs of the schemes are set out in their annual accounts.