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<p>My hon. Friend the Minister of State for Energy has met with the Chair of the Civil
Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) and the Chief Constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary
(CNC) on two occasions since taking office where the pension age of officers was discussed.
In October 2015 and March 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister of State has recently written
to the Civil Nuclear Police Federation about meeting representatives of that organisation
to discuss issues including the age at which CNC officers receive their pension.</p><p>
</p><p>Officials at the Department of Energy and Climate Change have worked closely
with officials at the CNPA and CNC at all levels, up to and including the Chief Constable,
on the issue of the pension age of CNC officers since May 2014. The Department has
received frequent and substantial advice on all aspects of this issue. This includes,
but is not limited to, the impact of fitness standards on CNC officers and how those
standards affect deployability of officers, and the costs of administering a pension
scheme with a lower effective pension age.</p><p> </p><p>The Minister of State has
received two letters from the Civil Nuclear Police Federation outlining their legal
case for a lower pension age. Officials have met with the Civil Nuclear Police Federation
to discuss the pension age of CNC officers on two occasions in 2015.</p><p> </p>
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