Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 103063

Teachers: Workplace Pensions

Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 21 January 2026

Question

Alex Brewer

Liberal DemocratNorth East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what consideration has been given to addressing historic pension gaps for teachers who were removed from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme without explicit consent.

Answer

Georgia Gould
The department actively reviews historic provisions to ensure that the Teachers’ Pension Scheme remains fair for all and, if necessary, take steps to rectify where discrimination has been identified. The Preston cases, which were rectified in the 1990s, a...

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