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min answer › question first ministerially corrected	2015-01-14T13:46:06.443Z
answer › date of answer	2021-07-21
answering dept sort name	Defence

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14/07/2021

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Merchant Shipping: Pensions

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 June 2021 to Question 18563 on Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund, what estimate he has made of the potential future cost to the public purse in the (a) short term and (b) long term in relation to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s role as a sponsoring employer of the Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund scheme.

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Reading East

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Matt Rodda

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21/07/2021

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<del class="ministerial">Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) seafarers are Ministry of Defence (MOD) employees and members of the Civil Service Pension Scheme. The RFA does not sponsor the Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund and the MOD is not responsible for any costs or entitlements associated with it.</del> <del class="ministerial">In addition, my answer to Questions 18563 and 18564 on 28 June 2021 contained an error. It stated:</del> <del class="ministerial">The RFA does not sponsor the Merchant Navy Officers Pension Fund and the MOD is not responsible for any costs or entitlements associated with it.</del><del class="ministerial">It should have said:</del><del class="ministerial">The RFA does not sponsor the Merchant Navy Ratings Pension Fund and the MOD is not responsible for any costs or entitlements associated with it. </del><ins class="ministerial">The Royal Navy is a participating employer for the Merchant Navy Pension Fund for Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) personnel who were members of this scheme prior to the RFA transitioning to the main Civil Service Pension Scheme. The fund closed to new members on 31 May 2001 and is in the process of running down.</ins>

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Aldershot

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Leo Docherty

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21/07/2021 14:58:09

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03/03/2022 10:01:36

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	label	Biography information for Leo Docherty

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Aldershot

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Leo Docherty

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