Police: Workplace Pensions
Commons · Question 44247 · Tabled 4 Apr 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Lake
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential (a) impact and (b) merits of reforming the 1987 Police Pension Scheme rules on police (i) widows, (ii) widowers and (iii
Answer
Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 11 Apr 2025
The 1987 Police Pension Scheme provides a pension for the widow, widower or civil partner of a police officer who dies. In common with most other public service pension schemes of that time, these benefits cease to be payable where the widow, widower or c...