PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Royal Parks: Staff (15 March 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the gardeners employed by the Royal Parks are enrolled in the civil service pension scheme; and how many such gardeners are enrolled in each version of that scheme.

Asked by:
Rachael Maskell (Labour)

Since 1992 landscape maintenance and allied work in The Royal Parks (TRP) has been contracted out, and there are no gardeners employed by the contractors that are eligible for the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (PCSPS) .

Answered by:
Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative)
21 March 2016