Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following information about the staff in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), including staff in the council's maintained schools, for each financial year from 2017-18 to 2026-27.
1. The total employer contributions the council actually paid to the LGPS (£). Please include all regular employer contributions, both percentage-of-pay contributions and any fixed lump sums. Please exclude employee contributions and one-off early retirement or ill-health costs.
2. Total pensionable pay of LGPS members (£).
3. The number of LGPS members at 31 March.
4. The number of employees who were eligible for the LGPS but had opted out, at 31 March.
For 2026-27, please give the current rate being charged and year to date figures for 1-4.
If different employer contribution rates applied to different groups of staff (for example council staff and school staff), please give the rate, cash amounts, and numbers of employees separately for each group.
Please provide this as a CSV or spreadsheet with these columns, one row per financial year per group:
Financial_year: e.g. 2023-24
Staff_group: "All staff", or the group name if rates differ between groups
Employer_rate_pct: Employer contribution rate applied to this group's pensionable pay (%)
Employer_contributions_paid_GBP: Item 1
Pensionable_pay_GBP: Item 2
LGPS_members: Item 3
Opted_out_employees: Item 4