Request

Of the 1995 scheme members who had a 5 year or more break, came back and, because of the timing of their return, had to join the 2008 scheme rather than being able to re-join the 1995 scheme and re-active their frozen benefits, how many are women and how many are men. (So people who left the 95 scheme had a 5 year break and therefore had to change schemes). What is that as a % of the total female members of the 95 scheme and a % of the total members of the male members of the 95 scheme.

Response

There are 27,281 members who had previous 1995 Scheme service, followed by a 5-year break, followed by them re-joining in the 2008 Section. Of these 27,281 members:

• 23,044 are female (1.39% of the total 1,653,024 female member population with 1995 service)

• 4,237 are male (0.77% of the total 551,154 male member population with 1995 service)

All members with eligible 1995 Scheme service are in scope, including deceased and pensioner records.

5-year breaks are calculated based on service dates held as employments in our database. Service held elsewhere, such as transfer in credits, cannot be assessed.

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