Year end data
Year end financial arrangements - 31 March 2024
To assist employers with their submission of the year end data for 31 March 2024 we have identified some of the common issues with the data supplied on previous year end returns.
For further information on common employer data return issues, see our common issues page.
You will also find below details of employer contributions due from 01 April 2024, the submission deadline date for 2024 together with links to various related year end documentation.
Employer contribution rates for period 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2026
Submission deadline for 2024 (except employers using i-Connect)
Employers should be aware that regulation 89 of the LGPS Regulations 2013 requires administering authorities to issue an annual benefit statement to all its active members by 31 August following the end of the scheme year to which it relates.
The submission of data for the financial year ending 31 March 2024 must, therefore, be received by Pension Services no later than 19 April 2024*, in order to comply with the requirement to issue annual benefits statements within statutory time limits.
Please note: failure to respond by 19 April 2024* will result in a late issue of members' annual benefit statements which constitutes a breach of law. This further invokes a legal requirement for the breach to be reported to The Pensions Regulator, exposing both the employer and the administrator to the risk of censure.
* If your organisation is likely to experience significant difficulties in meeting the submission deadline above, please get in contact with the Pensions Team at the earliest opportunity:
SPFData@staffordshire.gov.uk
Submission of data
All completed returns should be submitted to us by email via secure file transfer (SFT) as usual.
Email address: SPFData@staffordshire.gov.uk
Guides
LGPS - payroll guide to the 2014 scheme
If you are uncertain of the data that should be supplied, please refer to the guide below. It provides advice and guidance on how the new scheme defines pay recording and reporting requirements.