partner assesses the likelihood of a scheme’s sponsoring employer becoming insolvent at the end of each month, and generates an insolvency risk score. The PPF will then take a 12-month average of these scores between April and March and place the scheme's sponsoring employer(s) in one of ten levy bands. Each band has a different levy rate, band 1 is the strongest band – with the lowest levy rate – and band 10 is the weakest. The levy rate is used as part of the calculation when generating the schemes levy bill. List of schemes A list of all schemes which have been transferred into the Pension Protection Fund up to September 2015 can be seen on the PPF website. See also Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation – The equivalent body in the United States References External links Association of Member-Directed Pension Schemes (AMPS) – The principal body for discussing changes involved in the area of pension planning. Pensions in the United Kingdom Department for Work and Pensions Statutory corporations of the United Kingdom government 2005 establishments in the United Kingdom