Written question asked by Guto Bebb (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 October 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 October 2018. It was answered by Nick Hurd (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 October 2018 on behalf of the Home Office.
Police: Pensions
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will assess the potential merits of increasing the police pension entitlement for widows from post-retirement marriages.
- Answer
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The current police pension scheme provides survivor benefits regardless of the timing of a member’s marriage. In keeping with other public service pension schemes, this was not the case before 1978, when different rules applied.
Successive governments have made a general presumption against making retrospective changes to public service pension schemes. Therefore there is no entitlement relating to service before 1978 and there are no plans to change this.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 178271
- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Police Pensions Widowed people
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- 2018-10-18 18:54:18 +0100
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