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min answer › date of answer	2018-11-14
min date	2018-11-14
tabling member constituency	Bury North
max answer › date of answer	2018-11-19

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1006975

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14/11/2018

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Department for Education

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Education

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Education

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Teachers: Pensions

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25259

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To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations he has received on the treatment of (a) widowers and (b) widows under the Teachers' Pension scheme since the changes were made to that scheme in April 2018.

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Bury North

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James Frith

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191450

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is ministerial correction

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19/11/2018

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<p>Changes were introduced to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme in April 2018 to allow for the equalisation of survivor benefits for widows. This Scheme followed the Supreme Court’s determination in the case of Walker v Innospec Limited in 2017.</p><p>Since then, the Department has received two representations from scheme members, regarding equalisation for widowers of opposite sex marriages.</p>

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Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

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Nick Gibb

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19/11/2018 17:10:36

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