Thank you for taking the time to complete the Defined Contribution pensions survey.

This survey shouldn't take more than five-ten minutes to complete, and will give you the opportunity to compare yourself to others within the industry on a variety of topics detailed below. If a subsidiary has very different pension arrangements, you can submit a separate survey if you wish.
 
If you have any queries, please contact clearer.pensions@kpmg.co.uk or call 0113 231 3746
 

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* 1. Name of your organisation

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* 2. Name of person completing this survey

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* 3. What is your position/role?

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* 4. On average, how many units of accommodation do you have?

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* 5. How many employees work at your organisation? (Please include subsidiaries where part of a group)

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* 6. What type of housing association are you?

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* 7. On average, what percentage of your employees are currently earning pension benefits in the following form:

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Defined Benefit (%)
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* 8. Optional: On average, what are the total salaries of employees currently earning pension benefits in the following form:

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* 9. What type of pension scheme do you use as your automatic enrolment vehicle*? 
*The pension scheme you enrol employees in by default to meet automatic enrolment requirements. This may be different from the pension scheme which most employees are in.

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* 10. What type of Defined Contribution (DC) arrangement do you use?*
*If you have multiple DC schemes, please provide answers in relation to the DC scheme offered to the largest group of employees.

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* 11. Who is your DC pension provider?

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* 12. If applicable, when did you introduce DC pension provision for new employees?
Please specify date.

Date

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* 13. If applicable, when did you introduce DC pension provision for all staff?
Please specify date.

Date

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* 14. What is the contribution structure of your DC scheme?

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* 15. What do employer contributions depend on?

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* 16. Expressed as a percentage, what is the current minimum employee contribution?

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* 17. Expressed as a percentage, what is the current maximum employer contribution?

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* 18. Expressed as a percentage, what is your average employer DC contribution rate?

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* 19. Can Defined Contribution members choose to join a Defined Benefit section or scheme?

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* 20. Ancillary benefits: What level of pay are contributions based on?

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* 21. Who do you provide lump sum death in service life assurance benefits to?

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* 22. Do you provide the same level of life assurance benefit to all employees?

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* 23. If yes, what level of benefit do you provide?

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* 24. Do you offer income protection benefits?

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* 25. Pensions in reward: Do you offer salary sacrifice?

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* 26. Do you offer a cash alternative to pension provision?

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* 27. Wider reward: Do you offer a “flexible benefits” package?

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* 28. Do you use any of the following options to promote the benefits you provide for employees?

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* 29. Please use the space below to provide any other relevant details in relation to your pension and reward offering.

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* 30. If you would like to receive the results of this survey, please enter your email address:

Please note:
- Data submitted is being collected and stored by the National Housing Federation
- Any personal data you provide will be processed in line with our privacy notice
- Data collected will be shared with KPMG in an anonymous format
- KPMG will only have access to your individual responses should you elect to take the associated Module and give consent to this data being shared.

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