Policy paper

Further education LGPS guarantee

How we will guarantee payments for outstanding local government pension scheme (LGPS) liabilities when a further education (FE) body closes.

Applies to England

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The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) closed on 31 March 2025. All activity has moved to the Department for Education (DfE).

This guarantee applies to:

  • FE corporations
  • sixth-form college corporations
  • Designated Institutions that are bodies set up under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 and are legally obliged to offer their non-teaching employees membership of the LGPS

Updates to this page

Published 12 November 2024
Last updated 4 December 2024 show all updates
  1. Added 'Departmental minute from the Department for Education (DfE)'.

  2. First published.

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