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(asked on 14th July 2026) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Sarah Jones Portrait
Sarah Jones
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 22nd July 2026

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.

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