To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which non-local authority employers are members of the local government pension scheme. (103891)

The range of non-local authority employers participating in the local government pension scheme include, for example, schools, colleges and universities (non teaching staff), charities and voluntary bodies, housing bodies and private sector companies delivering local authority type services under contract.

Individual local government pension scheme administering authorities will have details of the non-local authority employers who participate within their funds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what obligations local authorities have to fund a liability or shortfall from non-local authority members of the local government pension scheme. (103899)

All employers participating in the local government pension scheme are required to pay contributions in respect of their employees who are members of the scheme and meet the costs of their liabilities. Their contribution rate is set by each administering authority's fund actuary following actuarial valuations of its pension fund, every three years. A common rate for all employers in the fund is set, with adjustments to reflect individual employers' circumstances.

The scheme regulations admitting non-local authority members contain specific provisions for dealing with deficits when their employer leaves the scheme and to safeguard the fund and its other employers should they default.