Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of allowing retired teaching staff to accrue further pension under the Teachers' Pension Scheme when returning to service.
Retired teachers are allowed to return to the profession and accrue further pension.
The Department reviewed the abatement provisions as part of scheme reforms and removed abatement for any service accrued under the career average scheme.