Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Freedom of Information Request relating to the request a review of NHS Pension using LTA Form and the time taken for the NHSBSA to respond

How many LTA forms were waiting to be processed / reviewed on 1st April 2023?

How many LTA forms requesting review were received by the NHSBA per month in the following months?

April 2023
May 2023
June 2023
July 2023

How many LTA reviews were completed by the NHSBA in the following months?

April 2023
May 2023
June 2023
July 2023

How many hours / WTE are allocated to review of LTA forms during 1.4.23 to 31.7.23?

Your request was received on 13 August 2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Response

How many LTA forms were waiting to be processed / reviewed on 1st April 2023? 349

How many LTA forms requesting review were received by the NHSBA per month in the following months?

April 2023 – 3

May 2023 – 5

June 2023 – 1

July 2023 – 1

How many LTA reviews were completed by the NHSBA in the following months?

April 2023 – 21

May 2023 – 24

June 2023 – 22

July 2023 - 32

August 2023 - 7

How many hours / WTE are allocated to review of LTA forms during 1.4.23 to 31.7.23?

159 hours (which equates to 0.26 WTE) has been spent reviewing LTA forms between 01/04/2023 – 31/07/2023. Resource requirements for LTA forms will continue to be monitored.

The data provided in this FOI response counts LTAs from all members including clinicians and non-clinicians.

Data Queries

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