NHS: Pensions

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 25 January 2022.

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Photo of Anne Marie Morris Anne Marie Morris Conservative, Newton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a pension scheme for higher paid NHS staff that is similar to the Judicial Pensions Scheme 2022.

Photo of Edward Argar Edward Argar Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The NHS Pension Scheme provides generous retirement benefits for staff and for the vast majority of members their pension savings are tax free.

The unique circumstances of judiciary appointments mean that it is necessary to reform their pension arrangements. Judges are not able to work in private practice after taking up office and many judges have a significant decrease in pay to join the judiciary. The Government is therefore committed to introducing a reformed judicial pension scheme. Such a scheme would not benefit the vast majority of National Health Service staff, as members would receive no tax relief on their contributions.

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