{"id":486829,"date":"2026-03-21T01:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T01:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486829\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T01:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T01:42:10","slug":"teachers-pensions-handover-to-tata-delayed-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486829\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers’ pensions handover to Tata delayed again"},"content":{"rendered":"

IT giant now due to take on the contract from Capita this October – a year later than planned<\/p>\n

IT giant now due to take on the contract from Capita this October – a year later than planned<\/p>\n

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The handover of the teachers\u2019 pensions scheme to an Indian IT giant has been delayed for a second time.<\/p>\n

Tata Consultancy Services was due to take over the reins managing the Teachers\u2019 Pension Scheme<\/a> (TPS) from outsourcing firm Capita last October.<\/p>\n

But the transfer was delayed a first time last August, with completion instead promised this summer by the Department for Education.<\/a><\/p>\n

Now it has been delayed again until later this year, the DfE confirmed. Schools Week understands it will transfer in October.<\/p>\n

Capita, which has managed the scheme since 1996,\u00a0 will continue to run it in the meantime.<\/p>\n

The DfE had initially promised a two-year \u201ctransition\u201d, from October 2023 until the new contract began in October 2025.<\/p>\n

Extra time needed for \u2018effective\u2019 transition<\/p>\n

The department said additional time was required to complete the transition \u201ceffectively\u201d and \u201cmaintain service continuity for members and employers\u201d.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s \u201cpriority is to ensure a smooth and secure handover of the Teachers\u2019 Pension Scheme after almost thirty years of administration by Capita\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis change does not affect pension entitlements or payments. The department remains committed to supporting current and retired teachers throughout the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Capita spokesperson said: \u201cThe Department for Education is a long\u2011standing and valued partner, and we are working with them to continue to deliver the Teachers\u2019 Pension Scheme until later in 2026. Our focus is on supporting a smooth handover.\u201d<\/p>\n

One insider with knowledge of the situation told Schools Week anonymously they felt the delay \u201cdoesn\u2019t fill one with optimism that it\u2019s going to be a smooth transition\u201d.<\/p>\n

But Natalie Highfield, senior policy officer at school leaders\u2019 union ASCL, said delays were \u201cfar preferable to the handover being rushed through prematurely, and issues then arising\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important that there is a smooth transition to the new provider and that all necessary requirements are in place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Highfield said delays should not affect members\u2019 pension entitlements.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cThis delay is probably sensible and prudent, especially given the concerns we raised last year about members facing delays in receiving pension payments and remedy statements following the McCloud judgement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Delays to McCloud remedies<\/p>\n

The McCloud scheme was designed to correct age discrimination in public sector pensions, after 2018 court judgment ruled reforms three years earlier had treated younger workers unfairly.<\/p>\n

A Schools Week investigation previously revealed that 77,600 retired teachers had not yet received McCloud remedy statements as of last March<\/a>. As of mid-November, 69,700 were still waiting.<\/p>\n

A senior Tata figure said it was \u201cdelighted\u201d to partner with the DfE and would \u201cdigitally transform\u201d the administration of the TPS when the company won the contract in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnhanced customer service has been the cornerstone of our platform\u2019s value proposition to clients in the UK pensions industry,\u201d said Vivekanand Ramgopal, the firm\u2019s president for financial products and platforms, at the time.<\/p>\n

Tata was approached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IT giant now due to take on the contract from Capita this October – a year later than…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[84,4176,50,4178,4174,4175,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-486829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-personal-finance","tag-business","tag-finance","tag-news","tag-pensions","tag-personal-finance","tag-personalfinance","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}