Pensions survey: one week left to have your say

10 December 2020

There is now just one week left for members of West Midlands Police Federation to take part in the branch’s online pensions survey.

A link to the survey was sent to all members in November but we will be sending it out again as we are aware not all members have submitted a response.

Please remember that it is just one entry per member so if you have already responded you do not need to do anything when you receive this email.

The survey has been put together by the West Midlands Police Federation Pensions Working Group which was formed after the Government announced its proposed remedy to the discrimination found in the implementation of the 2015 Career Average Revalued Earnings (CARE) Police Pension Scheme.

It seeks to find out if members feel West Midlands Police Federation should pay any costs incurred by its members who had signed up to the Leigh Day Pension Challenge.

“I put forward a paper at the July Branch Council meeting addressing the issues around the police pension and instigated the working group to consider in more depth the situation that our members found themselves in,” explains Jon Nott, chair of West Midlands Police Federation.

“I was acutely aware of the feelings of those in the Pension Challenge but felt that it was important to find out the views of the wider membership too.

“Having been established, the working group had to very quickly consider a response to the Government’s proposal for the remedy to the discrimination found in the implementation of the 2015 Career Average Revalued Earnings (CARE) Police Pension Scheme. It submitted this response on members’ behalf and this will now be considered, with other submissions, by the Treasury.”

The survey is ONLY open to subscribing members of West Midlands Police Federation. If you are in any doubt about your membership status please email the Federation office.

It is strictly one entry per member.

The survey will close on 18 December 2020 and the results will be published early in the New Year.

Please email the Federation office if you have any queries or if you do not receive a link to the survey.