Teachers' Pension Scheme CETV data

FOI reference - FOI-324
Date - 13 October 2024

Request

I am requesting the following details, regarding the information TP hold about me:

As at 13.10.24, where I am in the queue of outstanding CETVs to be calculated
How many CETVs are calculated each day
How many weeks (estimated) until by my CETV will calculated
When TP plan to catch up with the outstanding CETVs, to a normal operating level

Response

Following a search of our electronic records, I have established that we do not hold the information you have requested.
Following a search of our electronic records, I have established that we do not hold the information you have requested.
Following a search of our electronic records, I have established that we do not hold the information you have requested.
We neither confirm nor deny that we hold information falling within the description specified in your request.

Section 44(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FoIA) – restricted information undersection 82 Pensions Act 2004 (PA 04)

The reason that we cannot confirm or deny that we hold the information is because disclosure of the sort of information requested is prohibited under an enactment, save in certain circumstances which do not apply here.

As we have been given strong powers to demand documents and other information from trustees, employers and others, those powers are also balanced by restrictions on how we disclose the information provided to us. The type of information you have requested would be ‘restricted information’. Restricted information is defined at section 82(4) of the PA04 as:

‘…information obtained by the Regulator in the exercise of its functions which relates to the business or other affairs of any person’.

Under section 82(5) of the PA04 it is a criminal offence to disclose such information except as permitted under that Act.

Whilst the FoIA is based on the presumption of releasing information, section 44(1)(a) of the FoIA provides an absolute exemption to the requirement to disclose any information if its disclosure is prohibited by or under any enactment. In this case, section 82 of the PA04 prohibits disclosure and we are unable to disclose the requested information. This exemption is absolute and does not require a public interest assessment be undertaken.

This should not be taken as any indication of whether or not we hold the information you requested.

Duty to provide advice and assistance

Subsection 16(1) of the FoIA sets out a duty for you to provide advice and assistance to anyone who has made or is thinking of making a request for information.

The Teachers' Pension Scheme and its sponsoring department, The Department for Education (DfE), may be better placed to provide you with the answers your questions.

Questions 1, 2 and 3 surround your own personal data. The Pensions Regulator does not typically hold information relating to an individual’s pensions.

The DfE is the data controller for the data processed for the administration of the Teachers' Pension Scheme. Therefore, the DfE might be able to provide the answers to your questions if you were to make a Data Subject Access Request for copies of your personal data. You can make the request through the DfE’s contact form.

You can also contact the Teachers' Pension Scheme directly, or raise any concerns you have with through their complaints process.