Disclosure Log

LGPS pensions (FOI/7967)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 09 June 2026

Dear Requester,
Request FOI/7967
Further to your request received on 19th May 2026, I confirm that the Council has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Questions)
I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I would like information for the past five financial years: 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26.

Please present the information in a spreadsheet, with column headings for each financial year. If you administer more than one LGPS scheme, please split the information by scheme.

Please can you tell me:
 
  1. How many Local Government Pension Scheme pensions were in payment to retirees from all the LGPS schemes you administer
  2. The median average size of the pensions in payment
  3. How many pensions in payment are bigger than 50,000 a year
  4. How many pensions in payment are bigger than 100,000 a year
Answers)
Please find the answers to your questions in the below table:
 
 Year
 2021/222022/232023/242024/252025/26
No. Pensions41,76443,52645,48447,84650,179
No. Pensioners34,90035,97837,04938,42339,728
Median2,470.682,462.042,596.202,682.962.645.76
Pensions £50,000+596593113122
Pensions £100,000+01234

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Yours sincerely



Freedom of Information
Complaints and Information Team
Chief Executives Department                                         
Nottinghamshire County Council
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