Written question asked by Laurence Robertson (Conservative) on Thursday, 2 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 December 2004. It was answered by Ruth Kelly (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 December 2004 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Cabinet Office

Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will allow members of the pre-October 2002 Civil Service Pension Scheme to remarry without losing their original pension entitlement; and if she will make a statement. - Inc ref to 13 October 2004, 425 c317W.

Answer: Mr. Laurence Robertson: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will allow members of the pre- October 2002 Civil Service Pension Scheme to remarry without losing their original pension entitlement; and if she will make a statement. [202956] Ruth Kelly: For clarification, members of the pre- October 2002 Civil Service Pension Scheme do not lose their pension on remarriage. However, the surviving spouses of deceased former members do have their widows'/widowers' pensions stopped on remarriage or cohabitation. I presume that it is these widows' and widowers' pensions to which the hon. Member's question relates. I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Portsmouth south (Mr. Hancock) on 13 October 2004, Official Report, column 317W.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 202956; 428 c424W
Session: 2004-05
Subjects: Civil servants Marriage Workplace pensions Pension rights Widowed people
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