Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Request

Please could you confirm the number of members that have registered a Scheme Pays election form for the tax year 2019/20

Of these, please could you also confirm the number that have also registered for the 2019/20 annual allowance compensation scheme

Please could you split the results by standard grouping based on their employment type and capacity code, e.g. GP, GDP, Hospital Doctor etc

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 31 March 2025.

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

Our response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information and notes explaining it is attached.

Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.

If a member has multiple elections for the 2020 tax year these will only be counted once. We only retain data on scheme pays elections which are approved and implemented.

A member may have been rejected for scheme pays, and subsequently would not be reflected in this data.

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