[holding answer 7 December 2006]: The contribution rates paid by local authorities in the local government pension scheme (LGPS) in England and Wales are assessed by fund actuaries every three years to ensure the long-term solvency of the scheme. The next valuation is due on 31 March 2007.
Details of the individual contribution rates finally set by the 89 LGPS administering authorities in England and Wales are included in reports prepared by fund actuaries engaged by those authorities and are not held centrally. At present, the information from all 89 authorities covering many thousands of individual employers and the relevant actuarial firms to collect and publish this information for all nine valuation exercises that have taken place since 1979, is not available due to the disproportionate cost of collating it. However, I am in discussions with the authorities to establish how this may be done.
Individual local government pension scheme fund authorities can provide specific details of contribution levels for their participating employers.