Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 122760

NHS: Workplace Pensions

Tabled: 23 March 2026
Answered: 30 March 2026

Question

Alicia Kearns

ConservativeRutland and Stamford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the tapered annual allowance for pensions on the level of retention of senior NHS clinicians; and whether her Department plans to

Answer

Karin Smyth
The annual allowance limits the amount that an individual can save in all their pension pots before they have to pay a tax charge. It aims to ensure that the incentives for pension saving, which are costly to the taxpayer, are appropriately targeted acros...

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