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date	23/04/2019
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 his Department has made of the merits of allowing police widows and widowers to retain their widows' pension upon remarriage, co-habitation or civil partnership irrespective of the circumstances of the death of their spouses.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	246511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2019 answer text <p>Survivors of officers who were members of the 2006 and 2015 police pension schemes are, since 2006 and irrespective of the circumstances of the death of the officer, paid survivor pensions for life.</p><p><br>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 the arguments for making a limited exception for the widows of police officers who died on duty are sufficiently compelling in this case.</p><p /> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 26/04/2019 12:09:57 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

1078664

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
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 estimate he has made of the additional cost to police forces in 2020-21 of employer contributions to the police pension scheme.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	226504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 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><br>The 2019/20 police funding settlement provides additional funding of up to £970 million, including general Government grant funding, pensions grant, council tax precept and investment in national priorities. This substantial in-crease in funding will enable forces to meet their genuine financial pressures as well as to invest in key capabilities.</p><p><br>Decisions on funding for future years are a matter for the 2019 Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/03/2019 18:21:29 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1010573

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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 guidance he has given to Police and Crime Commissioners on the use of (a) reserves and (b) deficit budgets for the purposes of providing for pension costs.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	193363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has established a working group with representatives of Police and Crime Commissioners and forces to determine the best way to manage the potential impact of increased pensions costs</p><p>The Budget made clear that part of these costs will be met from the Treasury Reserve in 2019/20. As the Chancellor set out in his speech, the Home Secretary will review police spending power ahead of the 2019/20 provisional police funding settlement which is expected to be published next month</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/03/2019 17:59:59 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew