Nick Gibb corrected a written answer on Teachers: Workplace Pensions

20 December 2022 · Commons written answer · Department for Education

Barry Gardiner (Labour, Brent North) asked written question 93408 on 22 November 2022. Nick Gibb answered on 28 November 2022 for the Department for Education, and Nick Gibb corrected the answer on 20 December 2022. The correction replaced 3 figures (1,008, 324, 4,383) with 2 figures (463, 814). Altogether 67 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) independent and (b) state schools have left the Teachers' Pension Scheme in the last five years.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
~~324~~ independent schools have left the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) between ~~August 2019, when this information started to be compiled,~~ and November 2022. 22 independent schools have joined the Scheme between January 2018 and November 2022. State schools and academies cannot choose to leave the TPS. The records show that ~~1,008 academies~~ have ceased to be registered as scheme employers ~~and 4,383 new academy employers have been registered in the TPS between~~ January ~~2018 and November 2022.~~ This is a result of state schools converting to ~~academies and some single academy trusts joining multi-academy trusts.~~	463 independent schools have left the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) between January 2018 and November 2022. 37 independent schools have joined the Scheme between January 2018 and November 2022. State schools and academies cannot choose to leave the TPS. The records show that 814 state schools have closed and so have ceased to be registered as scheme employers since January 2018. This is largely as a result of state schools converting to academies. 79 new state schools have been registered in the TPS since January 2018.

Original

Corrected

~~324~~ independent schools have left the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) between ~~August 2019, when this information started to be compiled,~~ and November 2022. 22 independent schools have joined the Scheme between January 2018 and November 2022.
State schools and academies cannot choose to leave the TPS. The records show that ~~1,008 academies~~ have ceased to be registered as scheme employers ~~and 4,383 new academy employers have been registered in the TPS between~~ January ~~2018 and November 2022.~~ This is a result of state schools converting to ~~academies and some single academy trusts joining multi-academy trusts.~~

463 independent schools have left the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS) between January 2018 and November 2022. 37 independent schools have joined the Scheme between January 2018 and November 2022.
State schools and academies cannot choose to leave the TPS. The records show that 814 state schools have closed and so have ceased to be registered as scheme employers since January 2018. This is largely as a result of state schools converting to academies. 79 new state schools have been registered in the TPS since January 2018.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

Related key figures

Teachers in state-funded schools in England

Receipt

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