Pensions Update
Engaging with our members around the police pension schemes is one of our most important areas of work. The PFEW pensions team provides regular newsletters and website updates on a complete range of police pension issues and related topics.
In addition, the NPCC publish updates regularly via its website and we have referenced several of their documents within the topic areas below.
If you have not received the newsletter please email pensionenquiries@polfed.org.
October 2024
The Remedy continues to throw up issues.
This month there are updates on the following which can be viewed by clicking on the sections at the bottom of this page:
- ABS/RSS/PSS, including ABS/RSS rollout and the compensation process
- Immediate Choice Officers
- Contingent Decisions
- Pension Trap, including the Autumn Budget speculation
19 September 2024
We are aware of the concerns amongst our members regarding the ongoing issues with the Annual Benefit Statements - Remediable Service Statements (ABS-RSS) rollout, which was due to take place by 31 August 2024.
In order to resolve these issues, we recognise that chief constables of all the 43 forces in England and Wales must be made conscious of the strength of feeling amongst our membership. The contents of the letter we have written, jointly with the Police Superintendents’ Association, to the National Police Chiefs’ Council is detailed in the Remediable Service Statements topic below.
September 2024
ABS-RSS Rollout
PFEW is aware of the issues with the above rollout and are disappointed that there have been so many issues.
We will be speaking with the NPCC over the coming days in order to get some clarity on how forces and administrators intend to address the failures and also the number of errors in statements that have been produced.
We would not expect any officer to be disadvantaged by the failures and errors and will be pushing for a freeze on interest and an increase in the window in which they can pay if there have been errors and failures to deliver.
There are three slides here which give an overview of the issues and also what officers should be considering now.
For the August 2024 update, please click on the Remediable Service Statement and the Contingent Decisions topics.
Click on the key topic areas below for the latest position.
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