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1124267

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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 estimate his Department has made of the cost of paying pensions to police widows and widowers for life in the event of their re-marriage or co-habitation.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	249999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has estimated with the Government Actuary’s Department that the cost of retaining benefits for all police survivors would increase the police scheme liabilities by around £144m. It is estimated that retaining benefits for all police survivors, including reinstatement of pensions already surrendered, would increase the police scheme liabilities by around £198m.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of survivors’ pensions surrendered on remarriage or cohabitation, as police pensions are administered at police force level by the relevant Police Pension Authority.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 250000 question first answered 08/05/2019 15:55:29 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1124270

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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, how many widows and widowers of police officers in England and Wales whose spouses were killed on duty or as a result of injuries sustained on duty have had their pensions revoked as a result of their remarriage or cohabitation before 1 April 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	250000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office has estimated with the Government Actuary’s Department that the cost of retaining benefits for all police survivors would increase the police scheme liabilities by around £144m. It is estimated that retaining benefits for all police survivors, including reinstatement of pensions already surrendered, would increase the police scheme liabilities by around £198m.</p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on the number of survivors’ pensions surrendered on remarriage or cohabitation, as police pensions are administered at police force level by the relevant Police Pension Authority.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 249999 question first answered 08/05/2019 15:55:29 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1124273

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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, for what reasons the treatment of survivor pensions for police widows and widowers is different from that of such pensions for the widows and widowers of armed forces personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	250001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes that there is a specific justification for allowing all surviving partners of Armed Forces Pension Scheme members to retain their survivor’s pension for life. The combination of risk to life in the execution of duty and disruption to family life is unique to Armed Forces personnel.</p><p>The Government has accepted that the arguments were compelling in respect of police officers who have died as a result of an injury on duty. Changes to the Police Pension Scheme were made with effect from April 2015 to allow surviving spouses or civil partners of those police officers to receive survivor benefits for life.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/05/2019 13:30:19 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

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

1125910

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2019
	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 representations he has received on survivors' pensions for widows and widowers of retired police officers.
	tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
	tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
	uin	252841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has regular discussions with the Chancellor on a range of issues. The Home Office receives correspondence on many issues, including police survivors’ pensions.</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.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 252842 question first answered 20/05/2019 15:03:15 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1124591

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	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 he has made of the effect of the 2015 changes to Police Pension Regulations on the financial wellbeing of police widows and widowers.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	250506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Police pensions were reformed in 2015 in line with the Government’s wider review of public service pensions. The 2015 Police Pension Scheme provides valuable benefits for police officers, including survivor benefits paid for life.</p><p><br>The Government also made changes to the existing Police Pension Regulations 1987 in relation to survivor benefits, with effect from April 2015. The Government accepted that there were compelling arguments to allow surviving spouses or civil partners, where a police officer has died as a result of an injury on duty, to receive survivor benefits for life.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/05/2019 14:59:50 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1124688

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	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, whether the Government has plans to conduct a an equality impact assessment of the recent changes under the Police Pension Regulations 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	250797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Police pensions were reformed in 2015 in line with the Government’s wider review of public service pensions. A policy equality statement was prepared at that time and published on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/05/2019 14:52:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1124320

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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, for what reasons the treatment of survivor pensions for police widows and widowers is different from that of such pensions for the widows and widowers of armed forces personnel.
	tabling member constituency	High Peak
	tabling member printed	Ruth George
	uin	250024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes that there is a specific justification for allowing all surviving partners of Armed Forces Pension Scheme members to retain their survivor’s pension for life. The combination of risk to life in the execution of duty and disruption to family life is unique to Armed Forces personnel.</p><p>The Government has accepted that the arguments were compelling in respect of police officers who have died as a result of an injury on duty. Chang-es to the Police Pension Scheme were made with effect from April 2015 to allow surviving spouses or civil partners of those police officers to receive survivor benefits for life.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 13/05/2019 13:28:14 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George