Number of NHS employees in England and Wales paying into the NHS Pension Scheme in each year since 2010. Year End NHS 1995 NHS 2008 Members of Transition NHS 2015 Total Section Section Both Schemes Members Scheme Members 2010/2011 1,007,019 271,743 7,171 0 0 1,285,933 2011/2012 949,711 317,145 9,299 0 0 1,276,155 2012/2013 898,690 372,258 11,761 0 0 1,282,709 2013/2014 851,955 468,313 16,873 0 0 1,337,141 2014/2015 801,921 552,822 19,894 0 0 1,374,637 2015/2016 330,908 29,585 1,488 949,047 127,830 1,438,858 2016/2017 291,871 25,898 1,294 944,936 211,736 1,475,735 The NHS Business Services Authority collates membership figures for England and Wales together. To obtain separate figures for England alone would incur disproportionate cost. Notes: Data provided by the NHS Business Service Authority which administers the NHS Pension Scheme. Members of Both Schemes refers to 1995 and 2008 scheme members. This occurs when a 1995 scheme member left the NHS for a period of more than five years and upon return, could only join the 2008 scheme.
Number of NHS employees in England and Wales paying into the NHS Pension Scheme in each year since 2010. Year End NHS 1995 Section NHS 2008 Section Members of Both Schemes Transition Members NHS 2015 Scheme Total Members 2010/2011 1,007,019 271,743 7,171 0 0 1,285,933 2011/2012 949,711 317,145 9,299 0 0 1,276,155 2012/2013 898,690 372,258 11,761 0 0 1,282,709 2013/2014 851,955 468,313 16,873 0 0 1,337,141 2014/2015 801,921 552,822 19,894 0 0 1,374,637 2015/2016 330,908 29,585 1,488 949,047 127,830 1,438,858 2016/2017 291,871 25,898 1,294 944,936 211,736 1,475,735 The NHS Business Services Authority collates membership figures for England and Wales together. To obtain separate figures for England alone would incur disproportionate cost. Notes: Data provided by the NHS Business Service Authority which administers the NHS Pension Scheme. Members of Both Schemes refers to 1995 and 2008 scheme members. This occurs when a 1995 scheme member left the NHS for a period of more than five years and upon return, could only join the 2008 scheme.
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