Thank you for your request for information as outlined below:

Please provide me with the following:

Guidelines / procedures which cover / include the calculation of Reckonable Salaries

Pension Increases, year by year, since 1 August 2011

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need any further information

You subsequently clarified your request with:

Reckonable salary would be the same as reckonable pay

Your clarified request was received on 18th January 2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Summary of Response

Under Section 21 of the Act, we are not required to provide information in response to a request if it is already reasonably accessible to you.

Pensions uses reckonable “pay” for the calculation of pensions in the 2008 section of the Scheme and information is available on our website by searching for reckonable pay. The below link is a factsheet regarding the calculation of reckonable pay which may be of help: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/2017-04/Total%20Reckonable%20Pay%20factsheet%20%E2%80%93%202008%20Section%20%2804.2017%29%20V4.pdf

Information on Pensions Increases can be found on the Gov.uk website as follows:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-service-pensions-increases

The above link provides information on increases from 2014 to 2022. The below link provides information from earlier years.

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130402150008/http:/www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/tax_pensions_increases.htm

Click the link titled ‘Pensions Increase archive’ for data prior to 2013.