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registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Written Statement of 6 September on Quadrennial valuations of the public service pension schemes, HCWS945, whether (a) he and (b) the Minister of State for Policing and the Fire Service held discussions with (i) the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and (ii) the Chancellor of the Exchequer prior to that Statement's publication on the implications of those valuations on policing.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	188127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>Home Office and Treasury Ministers have regular discussions covering a number of issues including changes to pension schemes. In his Budget speech, the Chancellor committed to providing funding to support the po-lice with additional pensions costs.</p><p>On 13 December we announced our proposed police funding settlement for 2019/20 which provides up to £970 million of additional investment in the policing system. This includes £153 million of additional pensions funding, £161 million in increased general grants and up to £509 million of additional funding from council tax precept, if Police and Crime Commissioners use the full flexibility provided. This provides enough funding for the police to meet their increased costs, while continuing to recruit and fill capability gaps like the shortage of investigators.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 25/01/2019 17:06:30 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1173422

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the additional cost is to police forces of changes resulting from the quadrennial valuations of the public service pension schemes in 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	8370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The additional cost to policing in 2020-2021 of employer contributions to police pensions is currently estimated to be £316 million.</p><p>The proposed 2020/21 police funding settlement increases funding by £1.1 billion to £15.2 billion. This includes 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 the recruitment of additional officers.</p><p>Decisions on funding for future years are a matter for the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/02/2020 15:06:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1367341

registered interest
date	09/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that police officers are not discriminated against within the new Police Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	72544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring good public service pension provision, but this has to be affordable and sustainable in the long term.</p><p>The main public sector pension schemes – including the police pension scheme – were reformed following the recommendations of the Independent Public Service Pensions Commission, resulting in the introduction of the 2015 schemes.</p><p>The government is taking steps to remove discrimination on the grounds associated with the transitional protection arrangements, identified by the courts during the McCloud and Sargeant litigation. Eligible members will be offered a choice of scheme benefits for the remedy period for those in scope of the remedy and, from 1 April 2022, when the remedy period ends, all those in service in main unfunded schemes will be members of the reformed pension schemes, ensuring equal treatment from that point on. The government believes this is the most appropriate and proportionate way of ending the age discrimination identified.</p><p>The 2015 police pension scheme and the other reformed schemes are some of the most valuable available in the UK: backed by the taxpayer; index-linked; and offering guaranteed benefits on retirement; comparing very favourably to the typical private sector scheme.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 16/11/2021 17:10:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1381078

registered interest
date	22/11/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Workplace 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 she has made of the potential effect of the changes proposed in the consultation on Public Service Pensions: Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2022 on the (a) value of police officer pensions and (b) length of service required by an officer to access their pension in full.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	79455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring that public servants, including police officers, have access to good pensions that are affordable and sustainable in the long term. That was the basis on which the police pension scheme, alongside the main public sector pension schemes, was reformed in 2015 following the recommendations of the Independent Public Service Pensions Commission.</p><p>The government is taking steps to remove discrimination on the grounds of age, associated with the transitional protection arrangements linked to the 2015 pension reforms, which was subsequently identified by the courts during the McCloud and Sargeant litigation. Following a public consultation, it has been decided that eligible members will be offered a choice of scheme benefits for the remedy period. From 1 April 2022, all those in service in the relevant workforces will be members of the reformed pension schemes, ensuring equal treatment from that point on. The government believes this is the most appropriate and proportionate way of ending the age discrimination identified.</p><p>The Home Office consultation concerns the amendments to the police pension scheme regulations that are required to enact the first phase of this established policy.</p><p>The consultation opened on 8 November 2021 and will close on 2 January 2022. We will consider the responses carefully before confirming the regulation amendments.</p><p>Since the reformed schemes were introduced in 2015 many police officers are already members of the 2015 police pension scheme and will continue as such.</p><p>The 2015 police pension scheme and the other reformed public sector schemes are some of the most valuable available in the UK: backed by the taxpayer, index-linked and offering guaranteed benefits on retirement, comparing very favourably to the typical private sector scheme.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/11/2021 15:15:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1418756

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to issue guidance to Chief Constables on police pensions following the High Court’s ruling in December 2021 on legacy public sector pension schemes.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Robert Largan
uin	116088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the Court’s decision to dismiss this Judicial Review and remains convinced that the policy set out in the response to the consultation and currently going through Parliament in the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill is the right one.</p><p>There are therefore no plans to issue guidance to Chief Constables about this case.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/02/2022 16:23:06 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4852 label Biography information for Robert Largan

1522773

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that the provisions of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 will apply to police officers who retire after 1 October 2023.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	64272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is taking steps to remove discrimination on the grounds of age, associated with the transitional protection arrangements linked to the 2015 pension reforms, which was subsequently identified by the courts.</p><p>The Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act (PSPJOA) received Royal Assent on 10 March, establishing the legal framework to provide this remedy. The Police and Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (‘the Regulations’) provided the first, prospective, element of the remedy in respect of police pensions.</p><p>The second, retrospective, part of the remedy is more complex and will require further detailed changes to scheme regulations using the powers in the PSPJOA. These changes will be in force by 1 October 2023, in line with the Government’s commitments under that Act.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 20/10/2022 09:48:46 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1539432

registered interest
date	04/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Workplace 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 police officers have been subject to pension forfeiture over the last five years; and for what reasons.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Laura Farris
uin	79356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/11/2022 13:54:31 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris

1541790

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to ensure that retired police officers are not disadvantaged by potential errors in pension scheme administration.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	86560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2022 answer text <p>Responsibility for the administration of the police pension schemes lies with individual Chief Constables, who are the scheme managers.</p><p>The Home Office has no role in this process. However, the Home Office works closely with the National Police Chiefs’ Council representing scheme managers to provide assistance where possible to minimise the risk of errors in pension administration.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/11/2022 14:37:16 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1640077

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of serving police officers that have opted out of the police pension scheme.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	186612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2023 answer text <p>The Home Office does not publish information on the number of serving police officers that have opted out of the police pension scheme.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on the number of serving police officers in England and Wales, on a bi-annual basis in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-workforce-england-and-wales" target="_blank">Police Workforce, England and Wales</a>’ statistical bulletin. The Home Office also provides a quarterly update on the number of police officers (headcount terms only), as part of the Police Officer Uplift Programme, in the ‘<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/police-officer-uplift-statistics" target="_blank">Police Officer Uplift’</a> statistical bulletin.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 05/06/2023 10:46:36 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1641979

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2023 to Question 186612 on Police: Workplace Pensions, if she will make it her policy to seek information on the number of serving police officers who opted out of the police pension scheme within the last ten years in each force.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
uin	187597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2023 answer text <p>Each Chief Constable is responsible for the administration of the police pension scheme for their force. This includes collecting and holding any data relevant to the running of the scheme.</p><p>The Home Office works with the Police Pension Scheme Advisory Board and the National Police Chiefs’ Council to understand how forces are managing their pension scheme and how members and officers are using the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 13/06/2023 14:33:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd