Defined Benefit Plan, Expected Future Employer Contributions

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Represents the long-term rate of improvement under the defined benefit plan.

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Represents the rate of mortality under the defined benefit plan.

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Amount of actuarial present value of benefits attributed to service rendered by employee for defined benefit plan.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
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Amount of funded (unfunded) status of defined benefit plan, measured as difference between fair value of plan assets and benefit obligation. Includes, but is not limited to, overfunded (underfunded) status.

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Defined Benefit Pension Plan - Additional Information (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2021 GBP (£)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Defined benefit pension plan
Defined benefit plan, funded status of plan		$ 1,253	$ 724
Benefit obligation		$ 26,955	$ 26,047	$ 23,240
Defined benefit plan long term rate of improvement (as a percentage)	1.30%
Maximum
Defined benefit pension plan
Expected contributions \| £	£ 10,000,000
Males
Defined benefit pension plan
Defined benefit plan mortality rate (as a percentage)	105.00%
Females
Defined benefit pension plan
Defined benefit plan mortality rate (as a percentage)	105.00%