Dear Sir/Madam

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PENSION SCHEME (HER MAJESTY’S CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND) (TRANSFERS) REGULATIONS 2001

I enclose regulations, which the Secretary of State has made under powers contained in sections 7 and 12 of the Superannuation Act 1972. The regulations introduce free standing provisions covering the calculation of transfers out of the LGPS and come into force on 1 September 2001

Under the Care Standards Act 2000 responsibility for approving, monitoring and policing child care arrangements will transfer from local authority social services departments in England to OFSTED. The transfer of the function and the related staff takes place on 1 September 2001. Any staff transferring to OFSTED will have the option of moving completely to civil service terms and conditions, including access to the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS), or retaining local government terms and conditions, with ongoing access to the LGPS

In order to ensure equitable transfer credits in the new scheme and fair payment in respect of liabilities being transferred these regulations :-

Separate arrangements, effective from 1 April 2002, will apply in Wales where the responsibility is being transferred to the National Assembly for Wales.

Any comments or questions relating to the application of these changes should be addressed in the first instance to Roisin Macreadie, Local Government Pensions Division, DETR, Zone 2/E8, Ashdown House, 123 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6DE (tel: 020 7944 6017) (e-mail [email protected]).

Yours sincerely

 

B T TOWN

LOCAL GOVERNMENT PENSIONS DIVISION

 

The Chief Executive of:

County and County Borough Councils in Wales

London Borough Councils

County and District Councils (England and Wales)

South Yorkshire Pensions Authority

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

Bradford City Council

South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council

London Pensions Fund Authority

Environment Agency

The Town Clerk, City of London

Clerk, South Yorkshire PTA

Clerk, West Midlands PTA

The Secretaries of:

Local Government Association

New Towns Pension Fund

Commission for New Towns

LGPC

SOCPO

SOLACE

ALACE

Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)

Welsh Local Government Association

North Wales Association of Town Councils

Trades Union Congress

UNISON

TGWU

GMB

AEEU

MPO

Audit Commission

Government Actuary’s Department

ACA

SPPA

NI DOE

AOC

UCEA

Other Government Departments