FOI reference - FOI-268
Date - 30 May 2024
Request
Can you please confirm that the below pension schemes are regulated by The Pensions Regulator:
- Lloyds Bank Pension Scheme No. 1
- Lloyds Bank Pension Scheme No. 2
- Associated British Foods Pension Scheme
- Royal Mail Pension Plan
- HBOS Final Salary Pension Scheme
Response
I confirm that we hold the information you have requested.
We are the regulator for work-based pension schemes with more than one registered member. Any work-based pension scheme registered with HMRC, with more than one member must by law register with us, and this must be done within three months from the date a scheme first becomes a registrable scheme. Therefore, if the scheme you are requesting confirmation about falls into this category (i.e. a work based pension scheme registered with HMRC with more than one member) then it would fall under our remit as The Pensions Regulator.
I should make it clear that confirmation that where a scheme appears on our register this does not imply that we endorse the scheme. We are under a legal duty to register any scheme that notifies us that it meets certain conditions set out in legislation.
Duty to provide advice
More information on how and when to register a pension scheme with TPR.
A Pension Scheme Registry (PSR) number is allocated to the pension scheme by The Pensions Regulator and can be obtained from the trustees or managers of the pension scheme. It is an 8-digit number starting with a 1.