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2025 No. 821
PUBLIC SERVICE PENSIONS, ENGLAND AND WALES
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Member Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Made
9th July 2025
Laid before Parliament
10th July 2025
Coming into force
1st August 2025
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2)(e), 2(1) and 3(1) to (3) of, and paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 2 and paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to, the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”).
In accordance with section 3(5) of the 2013 Act, these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury.
In accordance with section 22(2)(a) and (b) of the 2013 Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the representatives of such persons as appear to the Secretary of State likely to be affected by these Regulations with a view to reaching agreement with them and has laid a report before Parliament in relation to these Regulations.
Propose a change1 Citation, commencement, effect and extent
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Health Service Pension Scheme (Member Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st August 2025.
(3) Regulations 2 and 3 have effect retrospectively from 1st April 2025.
(4) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Propose a change2 Amendment of regulation 30 of the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015
(1) Regulation 30 (members’ contributions: employees) of the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (3)—
(a) for “2024/25” substitute “2025/26”;
(b) for the table substitute—
Table Scheme Years 2025/26 to 2027/28
Column 1 | Column 2
Pensionable earnings band | Contribution percentage rate
Up to £13,259 | 5.2%
£13,260 to £27,797 | 6.5%
£27,798 to £33,868 | 8.3%
£33,869 to £50,845 | 9.8%
£50,846 to £65,190 | 10.7%
£65,191 and above | 12.5%
.
(3) In paragraph (3A)—
(a) for “2024/25” substitute “2025/26”;
(b) for the table substitute—
Table Scheme Years 2025/26 to 2027/28
Column 1 | Column 2
Pensionable earnings band | Contribution percentage rate
Up to £13,259 | 5.2%
£13,260 to £27,797 | 6.5%
£27,798 to £33,868 | 8.3%
£33,869 to £50,845 | 9.8%
£50,846 to £65,190 | 10.7%
£65,191 and above | 12.5%
.
(4) In paragraph (7), for “2025/26” substitute “2026/27”.
(5) In paragraph (8)(d), for “2025” substitute “2026”.
Propose a change3 Amendment of regulation 31 of the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015
(1) Regulation 31 (members’ contributions: practitioners and non-GP providers) of the National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (9)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (c)—
(i) for “years” substitute “year”;
(ii) omit “to 2027/28”;
(iii) at the end insert “;”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (c), insert—
(d) in respect of the scheme years 2025/26 to 2027/28, Table 4.
;
(c) in the heading to Table 3, for “Years” substitute “Year” and omit “to 2027/28”;
(d) after Table 3, insert—
Table 4 Scheme Years 2025/26 to 2027/28
Column 1 | Column 2
Pensionable earnings band | Contribution percentage rate
Up to £13,259 | 5.2%
£13,260 to £27,797 | 6.5%
£27,798 to £33,868 | 8.3%
£33,869 to £50,845 | 9.8%
£50,846 to £65,190 | 10.7%
£65,191 and above | 12.5%
.
(3) In paragraph (11)—
(a) for “Table 3” substitute “Table 4”;
(b) for “2025/26” substitute “2026/27”.
(4) In paragraph (12)(d), for “2025” substitute “2026”.
Propose a change