Regulation 2.M.8 Pension ReturnsF1

within two months of the end of a scheme year; and

within two months of the date of its termination, or withdrawal, of participation in this Section of the Scheme, where that does not occur at the end of a scheme year.

paragraph (1)(a), the relevant period is the complete scheme year in respect of which the information is being provided;

paragraph (1)(b), the relevant period is that beginning with the start of the scheme year in which withdrawal or termination took place and ending on the date of that withdrawal or termination.

a complete list of all qualifying contracts to which the Independent Provider is or has been a party over the relevant period;

a complete list of such of the contracts referred to in sub-paragraph (a) which the Independent Provider has sub-contracted by way of NHS standard sub-contract to a third party: that list must identify the third party and also specify the total gross amounts expressed to be payable under such sub-contracts to that third party;

the total gross amounts—

whether the Independent Provider was granted approval as an employing authority on an open or closed approval basis;

whether the Independent Provider has changed its approval status and, if so, when;

where the Secretary of State has required the Independent Provider to have an IP guarantee, the amount guaranteed by it or by each guarantee where there is more than one;

the number of employees who were engaged in performing services pursuant to a qualifying contract who satisfied the wholly or mainly condition;

the total actual pensionable earnings of those employees;

the total actual employee contributions payable by those employees pursuant to regulation 2.C.1 (broken down to correspond to the estimated tiers tabulated in regulation 2.C.2) and to regulations 2.C.8 and 2.C.10;

the total actual employer contributions payable in respect of those employees pursuant to, as the case may be, regulations 2.C.5, 2.C.6 and 2.C.11;

confirmation that those of its employees who were or became officer members of the scheme during the relevant period continued to satisfy the wholly or mainly condition throughout that period;

the total actual number of employees who did satisfy the wholly or mainly condition and who were engaged in performing services pursuant to a qualifying contract but who were otherwise not eligible to be members of this Section of the Scheme;

the total actual amount of pensionable earnings of employees satisfying the wholly or mainly condition compared to the total gross amounts payable to the Independent Provider by a commissioning party in respect of all of its qualifying contracts: that amount to be expressed as a percentage;

where the percentage referred to in (l) exceeds the 75% threshold, an explanation for that. This is subject to regulation 2.M.6;

whether the Independent Provider has ceased to be a party to a qualifying contract;

whether the Independent Provider no longer employs any person who satisfies the wholly or mainly condition.