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Retirement benefit obligations (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Retirement benefit obligations  
Schedule of assumptions used for the RIPS

    

24 February 

    

31 December 

 

2022

2021

Weighted average %

  

  

 

Discount rate

 

2.6

%

2.0

%

Future salary increases

 

n/a

n/a

Future pension increases

 

3.6

%

3.3

%

RPI inflation

 

3.7

%

3.4

%

CPI inflation

 

3.0

%

2.7

%

Schedule of movement in the net defined benefit obligation

    

    

Fair 

    

    

    

Fair 

    

Present 

value of 

Present 

value of 

value of 

plan 

value of 

plan 

obligation 

assets 

Total 

obligation 

assets 

Total 

2022

2022

2022

2021

2021

2021

£m

£m

£m

£m

£m

£m

At 1 January

 

(1,313)

 

1,305

 

(8)

 

(1,481)

 

1,461

 

(20)

Current service costs1

 

(2)

 

 

(2)

 

(1)

 

 

(1)

Past service costs1

 

(1)

 

 

(1)

 

1

 

 

1

Settlement gain

 

4

 

 

4

 

22

 

(21)

 

1

Transfer of RIPS annuity policies (buy-out)

1,159

(1,159)

Administration expenses1

 

4

 

(4)

 

 

 

 

Interest on defined benefit obligation/asset1

 

(5)

 

5

 

 

(21)

 

21

 

Exchange difference

 

(3)

 

2

 

(1)

 

2

 

(1)

 

1

Total pension income/(expense)

 

1,156

 

(1,156)

 

 

3

 

(1)

 

2

Remeasurements:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 – Remeasurement gain/(loss) on scheme assets

 

 

(79)

 

(79)

 

 

(78)

 

(78)

 – Remeasurement gain/(loss) on obligation2

 

81

 

 

81

 

79

 

 

79

Contributions:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 – Employers

 

(1)

 

 

(1)

 

(1)

 

8

 

7

 – Benefit payments

 

12

 

(10)

 

2

 

87

 

(85)

 

2

 – Refund of surplus

 

 

(22)

 

(22)

 

 

 

At 31 December

 

(65)

 

38

 

(27)

 

(1,313)

 

1,305

 

(8)

Retirement benefit obligation schemes3

 

(49)

 

19

 

(30)

 

(63)

 

36

 

(27)

Retirement benefit asset schemes4

 

(16)

 

19

 

3

 

(1,250)

 

1,269

 

19

1.

Service costs and administration expenses are charged to operating expenses, and interest cost and return on plan assets to finance cost and finance income.

2.

The actuarial movement on the UK RIPS comprises remeasurement gain arising from changes in demographic assumptions of £nil (2021: gain of £3m; 2020: gain of £16m), remeasurement gain arising from changes in financial assumptions of £82m (2021: gain of £75m; 2020: loss of £117m) and a remeasurement loss arising from experience of £7m (2021: loss of £1m; 2020: gain of £25m).

3.

Benefit plans in an obligation position include plans situated in Thailand, the UK, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, Norway, South Africa, Germany, Austria, France, Italy, South Korea, Philippines, India, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia.

4.

Benefit plans in an asset position include plans situated in Australia, Barbados and Ireland.

Schedule of analysis of fair value of plan assets

    

2022

    

2021

£m

£m

Equity instruments

 

2

 

3

Debt instruments – unquoted

 

15

 

16

Insurance policies

 

 

1,239

Other

 

21

 

47

Total plan assets

 

38

 

1,305