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157011

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of what it would have cost to have continued paying police widows' pensions to those widows or widowers who lost their serving husbands or wives between 1987 and 2006, before officers had the option to opt in to a scheme which permitted payments to continue to a surviving spouse on remarriage.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bingham
	uin	215397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>No such estimate has been made. The police pension schemes are administered locally by police forces, so data on this specific issue is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/11/2014 14:23:51 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3994 label Biography information for Andrew Bingham

750212

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2017
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will assess the potential merits of people widowed to police officers prior to April 2015 being entitled to a widow's pension in the event of their re-marriage.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	uin	3835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Survivors of officers who were members of the 2006 and 2015 police pension schemes are, since 2006, paid survivor pensions for life.</p><p> </p><p>On 18 January 2016, the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 and the Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006 were amended to allow widows, widowers and civil partners of police officers in England and Wales who have died on duty and who qualified for a survivor pension after 1 April 2015 to continue to receive their survivors’ benefits for life. Successive governments have been clear that we have a general presumption against making retrospective changes to public service pension schemes. However the Government believes that the arguments for making this change in respect of police officers who died on duty are sufficiently compelling to allow a limited exception in this case.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to make any further changes to survivor benefits for police pension schemes.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 18/07/2017 12:40:19 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

1125319

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the potential effect of planned increases to the employer contributions of the police pension scheme on police officer recruitment.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	251954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The additional cost to policing in 2019-20 of employer contributions to police pensions is estimated to be £330 million.</p><p>The 2019-20 police funding settlement provides additional funding of over £970 million, including general Government grant funding, pensions grant, council tax precept and investment in national priorities. This substantial increase in funding will enable forces to meet their genuine financial pressures as well as to invest in key capabilities. Police and Crime Commissioners have already set out plans to hire an additional 2,900 officers and nearly 600 police staff and PCSOs.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/05/2019 14:06:20 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

227070

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the details of the new Police Pension Scheme will be made available to all officers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Harris of Richmond
	uin	HL5709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Information about the main elements of the reform has been in the public domain for some time. This includes: the Reform Design Framework which was published on the Home Office Website on 3 September 2012; an online calculator which allows officers to determine what benefits they might receive under the new arrangements, published on 3 September 2012; and further detailed questions and answers which were published on 19 November 2013. <br><br>The Police Pensions Regulations 2015 were laid before Parliament on Thursday 5 March after extensive consultation with partners including police officers’ representatives. Members’ guidance was published on Friday 6 March, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-police-pensions-scheme-2015-members-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-police-pensions-scheme-2015-members-guide</a>. The Police Pensions Regulations 2015 are due to come into force on 1 April 2015; there are no plans to delay implementation. <br><br>The Government has committed that there will be no further reforms to the public service pension schemes for 25 years. Provisions were included in the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 to ensure that a high bar is set for any future government that seeks to change the schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL5710 HL5711 question first answered 17/03/2015 12:25:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2505 label Biography information for Baroness Harris of Richmond

227071

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to delay the implementation of the new Police Pension Scheme in the light of the delay in the publication of the scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Harris of Richmond
	uin	HL5710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Information about the main elements of the reform has been in the public domain for some time. This includes: the Reform Design Framework which was published on the Home Office Website on 3 September 2012; an online calculator which allows officers to determine what benefits they might receive under the new arrangements, published on 3 September 2012; and further detailed questions and answers which were published on 19 November 2013. <br><br>The Police Pensions Regulations 2015 were laid before Parliament on Thursday 5 March after extensive consultation with partners including police officers’ representatives. Members’ guidance was published on Friday 6 March, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-police-pensions-scheme-2015-members-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-police-pensions-scheme-2015-members-guide</a>. The Police Pensions Regulations 2015 are due to come into force on 1 April 2015; there are no plans to delay implementation. <br><br>The Government has committed that there will be no further reforms to the public service pension schemes for 25 years. Provisions were included in the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 to ensure that a high bar is set for any future government that seeks to change the schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL5709 HL5711 question first answered 17/03/2015 12:25:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2505 label Biography information for Baroness Harris of Richmond

227072

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to protect the future of the Police Pension Scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Harris of Richmond
	uin	HL5711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Information about the main elements of the reform has been in the public domain for some time. This includes: the Reform Design Framework which was published on the Home Office Website on 3 September 2012; an online calculator which allows officers to determine what benefits they might receive under the new arrangements, published on 3 September 2012; and further detailed questions and answers which were published on 19 November 2013. <br><br>The Police Pensions Regulations 2015 were laid before Parliament on Thursday 5 March after extensive consultation with partners including police officers’ representatives. Members’ guidance was published on Friday 6 March, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-police-pensions-scheme-2015-members-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-police-pensions-scheme-2015-members-guide</a>. The Police Pensions Regulations 2015 are due to come into force on 1 April 2015; there are no plans to delay implementation. <br><br>The Government has committed that there will be no further reforms to the public service pension schemes for 25 years. Provisions were included in the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 to ensure that a high bar is set for any future government that seeks to change the schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL5709 HL5710 question first answered 17/03/2015 12:25:24 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	2505 label Biography information for Baroness Harris of Richmond

156012

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions her Department has had with (a) the Northern Ireland Assembly and (b) the Scottish Government regarding reinstatement of pension rights for police widows and widowers.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	214747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The police pension schemes in Scotland and Northern Ireland are a matter for the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Assembly respectively.<br><br>Government has a general presumption against making this type of change to pensions and we do not consider that there are other workforces that are generally comparable to the UK Armed Forces. However, Ministers must be able to exercise discretion where there are compelling and clear arguments.<br><br>The special circumstances of our military personnel, including the level of risk that they face and the disruption to family life provide a unique set of circumstances, which are further bolstered by the Armed Forces Covenant. We believe these merit a move away, in the specific instance of the Armed Forces, from Government’s general presumption against making retrospective changes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 214748 question first answered 20/11/2014 15:11:33 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

156013

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to treat all police widows and widowers whose spouses have died in the line of duty in the same way as armed forces personnel with regard to pension rights.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	214748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The police pension schemes in Scotland and Northern Ireland are a matter for the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Assembly respectively.<br><br>Government has a general presumption against making this type of change to pensions and we do not consider that there are other workforces that are generally comparable to the UK Armed Forces. However, Ministers must be able to exercise discretion where there are compelling and clear arguments.<br><br>The special circumstances of our military personnel, including the level of risk that they face and the disruption to family life provide a unique set of circumstances, which are further bolstered by the Armed Forces Covenant. We believe these merit a move away, in the specific instance of the Armed Forces, from Government’s general presumption against making retrospective changes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 214747 question first answered 20/11/2014 15:11:34 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

92866

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many widows of police officers ceased to be entitled to a continued dependant's pension following remarriage in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	210101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>Information is not available for each of the last 10 years. Data collected for the police pension scheme valuation recorded 131 cessations of spouse pensions due to remarriages over the period 2008-12.<br><br>A small number of letters have been received in the Home Office from widows of police officers on this issue.<br><br>Under the 1987 Police Pension Scheme, in common with most other public service pension schemes of that time, benefits cease to be payable where a widow or widower remarries or cohabits with another partner. The rules were changed in 2006 for the 2006 Police Pension Scheme which was costed to allow for these benefits, and there are no proposals to apply these changes to the 1987 scheme in England and Wales. The police pension scheme in Scotland is a matter for the Scottish Government.<br><br>As part of the police pension scheme valuation as at 2012 the scheme actuary estimated that ignoring cessation on remarriage for current and future widows would increase the schemes’ liabilities in England and Wales by around £50 million based on recent rates of remarriage, not including the cost of reinstating pensions of widows who have already remarried.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 210102 210103 210104 question first answered 16/10/2014 11:05:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

92867

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Police: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from widows of police officers on continuing entitlement to dependants' pensions on remarriage.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	210102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>Information is not available for each of the last 10 years. Data collected for the police pension scheme valuation recorded 131 cessations of spouse pensions due to remarriages over the period 2008-12.<br><br>A small number of letters have been received in the Home Office from widows of police officers on this issue.<br><br>Under the 1987 Police Pension Scheme, in common with most other public service pension schemes of that time, benefits cease to be payable where a widow or widower remarries or cohabits with another partner. The rules were changed in 2006 for the 2006 Police Pension Scheme which was costed to allow for these benefits, and there are no proposals to apply these changes to the 1987 scheme in England and Wales. The police pension scheme in Scotland is a matter for the Scottish Government.<br><br>As part of the police pension scheme valuation as at 2012 the scheme actuary estimated that ignoring cessation on remarriage for current and future widows would increase the schemes’ liabilities in England and Wales by around £50 million based on recent rates of remarriage, not including the cost of reinstating pensions of widows who have already remarried.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 210101 210103 210104 question first answered 16/10/2014 11:05:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson