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<p>This Department has not made an estimate of the costs of equalising widowers’ and
children’s pension benefits.</p><p>As part of the Government’s review of survivor
benefits in occupational pension schemes in 2014, the Government Actuary’s Department
estimated the expected additional cost for public service schemes if scheme benefits
were retrospectively enhanced. The review looked at all survivor benefits, for example
those for civil partners, same-sex married couples and widowers. It was estimated
that the total cost would be in the region of £2.9 billion across the public sector,
which equates to £600 million for the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. Included in the £600
million figure is an immediate payment in relation to those who are already in receipt
of a survivor pension of approximately £200 million.</p>
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