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HMT Preston guidance

This series brings together all documents relating to HMT Preston guidance

Following the European Court of Justice and House of Lords’ rulings in 2000/2001 in favour of part-timers gaining retrospective access to occupational pension schemes, provided they meet the necessary legal requirements, the Preston factors (earnings and interest factors) are provided for employers.

The factors are used to provide those entitled to reinstatement an opportunity to gain pension service at an actuarially fair cost, which as far as possible makes these individuals no better and no worse off than if they had paid contributions to the scheme when they were originally employed.

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Published 24 April 2013
Last updated 9 January 2026 show all updates
  1. Updated with: Preston guidance: November 2025 / Preston guidance: December 2025.

  2. Preston guidance: October 2025 added

  3. Preston guidance: September 2025 and Preston guidance: August 2025 added.

  4. Preston guidance: July 2025 added.

  5. Added the Preston guidance: June 2025 document.

  6. We have added the Preston guidance for May 2025.

  7. Updated with: Preston guidance: April 2025

  8. Updated with Preston Guidance: March 2025.

  9. Preston guidance: February 2025 added.

  10. Preston guidance: January 2025 added.

  11. Preston guidance: December 2024 added.

  12. Preston guidance: November 2024 added.

  13. Preston guidance: October 2024 added.

  14. Preston guidance: September 2024 added.

  15. Preston guidance: August 2024 added.

  16. Preston guidance: July 2024 added

  17. Preston Guidance: June added.

  18. Preston guidance: May 2024 added

  19. Preston guidance: April 2024 added

  20. Preston guidance: March 2024 added

  21. Updated with Preston Guidance: February 2024 and 'The factors are used to provide those entitled to reinstatement, an opportunity to gain pension service at no cost to them' has been updated to 'an opportunity to gain pension service an actuarial fair cost.'

  22. Updated with Preston Guidance for November 2023, December 2023 and January 2024

  23. Updated with Preston Guidance September and October

  24. July and August added

  25. Updated with Preston Guidance April, May, June

  26. Preston guidance: February and March 2023 added

  27. Updated with December 2022 and January 2023 guidance

  28. Updated with October and November 2022 guidance.

  29. Updated with August and September 2022 guidance.

  30. Added: Preston guidance: April and May 2022

  31. Preston guidance: April and May 2022

  32. Updated with February and March 2022 data.

  33. Added: Preston guidance: December 2021 and January 2022

  34. Preston guidance: October and November 2021 added

  35. Preston guidance: August and September 2021 added

  36. June and July 2021 added

  37. updated with Preston guidance: May 2021

  38. Preston guidance: April 2021 added

  39. Added the document: Preston guidance: March 2021

  40. Note: Preston guidance: November 2020 added.

  41. Updated with: 'Preston guidance: October 2020'.

  42. Updated with: 'Preston guidance: September 2020'.

  43. Updated with Preston guidance: 'August 2020'.

  44. Updated with 'Preston guidance: July 2020'.

  45. Updated with 'Preston guidance: June 2020'.

  46. Updated with 'Preston guidance: May 2020'.

  47. Updated with November and December's guidance.

  48. Updated with 'Preston guidance: October 2019'.

  49. Added September 2019

  50. Updated with 'Preston guidance: August 2019'.

  51. Updated with 'Preston guidance: July 2019'

  52. Updated with 'Preston guidance: June 2019'.

  53. Updated with 'Preston guidance: April 2019'.

  54. 'Preston guidance: March 2019' added.

  55. Updated with 'Preston guidance: February 2019'

  56. Updated with 'Preston guidance: January 2019'.

  57. Updated with 'Preston guidance: December 2018'.

  58. Update with 'Preston guidance: November 2018'.

  59. Updated with 'Preston guidance: October 2018'.

  60. Updated with 'Preston guidance: September 2018'.

  61. Updated with Preston guidance: August 2018.

  62. Updated with 'Preston guidance: July 2018'.

  63. Updated with Preston guidance: June 2018.

  64. Updated with Preston Guidance: May 2018.

  65. Updated with Preston guidance: April 2018

  66. Updated with Preston guidance: March 2018

  67. Updated with December 2017 guidance

  68. Updated with November data

  69. Updated with Preston guidance for October 2017

  70. Updated with Preston guidance: August 2017

  71. Updated with Preston guidance: July 2017

  72. Updated with Preston guidance: May 2017 and Preston guidance: June 2017

  73. Updated with Preston guidance: April 2017

  74. Updated with Preston Guidance: March 2017

  75. January and February 2017 guidance added

  76. Updated to include: Preston guidance: December 2016

  77. Updated with: Preston guidance: November 2016

  78. Updated: Preston guidance: October 2016

  79. Updated: Preston guidance: September 2016

  80. August 2016 guidance published

  81. Updated with: Preston guidance: July 2016

  82. Updated with: Preston guidance: June 2016

  83. Updated with Preston guidance: May 2016

  84. Updated with April 2016 data

  85. Updated with March release

  86. Updated with February 2016

  87. Updated with January 2016

  88. Updated to include December returns

  89. Updated with November's guidance

  90. October guidance added

  91. August guidance published

  92. Updated with July 2015

  93. June guidance published

  94. May guidance published

  95. April guidance published

  96. Added March tables

  97. February guidance published

  98. Updated to include January 2015

  99. Updated with December 2014

  100. added guidance for October and November 2014

  101. added guidance for September 2014

  102. August guidance published

  103. added Preston guidance: July 2014

  104. added june guidance

  105. May guidance published

  106. April guidance published

  107. added Preston guidance: March 2014

  108. Added February guidance

  109. added January guidance

  110. added Preston guidance: December 2013

  111. added 'Preston guidance: November 2013'

  112. First published.