{"value":{"id":1758366,"askingMemberId":4474,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-23T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-27T00:00:00","uin":"26040","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22645 on Workplace Pensions: Councillors and Mayors, whether she has had discussions with local authorities on reinstating pensions for (a) mayors and (b) councils since 5 July 2024.","answeringBodyId":7,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4569,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-31T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Since 5 July 2024, the Secretary of State has not held discussions with any local authorities regarding re-instating access to the Local Government Pension Scheme for mayors or councillors in England, though it is recognised that the subject has been raised by the sector over many years since the scheme was closed to those office holders in 2014.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Councillors and Mayors: Workplace Pensions","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1758366","method":"GET"}]}