Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for each Arm's Length Body (ALB) their Department sponsors, (a) how many people are employed in the following bands of total earnings, or nearest equivalent, (i) under £25,000, (ii) £ 25,001 to £ 35,000, (iii) £35,001 to £50,270, (iv) £50,271 to £100,00, (v) £100,001 to £ 125,140 and (vi) over £125,140, and (b) what estimate they have made of the total unfunded public sector pension liability.
a) Information has been provided for Home Office Arm’s Length Bodies that employ their own staff. The figures in the table below are as at 31 March 2026 and have been provided to the Home Office by each ALB.
Name of Arm's Length Body | Under £25,000 | £25,001-£35,000 | £35,001-£50,000 | £50,001-£100,000 | £100,001-£125140 | over £125,140 |
Disclosure and Barring Service | 310 | 513 | 476 | 107 | 4 | 1 |
Security Industry Authority | 0 | 138 | 166 | 59 | 6 | 1 |
Immigration Advice Authority | 8 | 18 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
College of Policing | 31 | 160 | 351 | 200 | 7 | 3 |
Independent Office for Police Conduct | 2 | 179 | 597 | 178 | 6 | 2 |
National Crime Agency | 133 | 426 | 3290 | 2071 | 15 | 10 |
b) The Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) and the Civil Servant and Other Pension Scheme (CSOPS) are unfunded multi-employer defined benefit schemes. Arm’s Length Bodies are unable to identify their share of the underlying assets and liabilities.