Human Resources
Police Pensions and Retirement Policy
These pages provide general information about police pensions and related subjects for police officers and pensions administrators in forces in England and Wales.
Please note: If you are a serving or retired police officer and want more information on your personal pension, please contact the pensions administrators for your force. Your force's human resources department will be able to provide you with the relevant contact details.
For information on police pensions in forces in Scotland please visit the SPPA website (new window) and for the Police Service of Northern Ireland visit the PSNI website (new window).
Please follow the links below or to the left to the section most relevant to you.
Latest news
Overpayment of some public service pensions (16/12/08)
The Government has announced that a small percentage of public service pensions have been overpaid, because of the incorrect indexation of an element known as the Guaranteed Minimum Pension. Some police pensions may be affected, although fewer than in the main affected schemes (Armed Forces, Civil Service, Judicial, NHS and Teachers). Find out more about the problem from a Home Office Circular issued on 16 December. If you are a police pensioner and want to know whether this might affect you, contact the pensions administrator for your force. The list of police pensions administrator contacts gives contact details for each of the 43 forces in England and Wales.
New guidance on transfer calculations in PPS and NPPS (02/12/08)
Government Actuary's Department have issued new guidance and factors for the calculation of transfers into and out of PPS and NPPS. The guidance covers Club and non-Club transfers out and Club transfers in. New guidance and factors for non-Club transfers in and for divorce calculations will be issued shortly.
Are you...
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looking for information on PPS? Go to the 1987 Pension Scheme pages
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looking for information on NPPS? Go to the 2006 Pension Scheme pages
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thinking of joining the police and want to know more about the pension you would get? The 2006 Pension Scheme pages are for you
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already receiving a police pension? Go to the section dedicated to Pensioners and Former Members
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a police pensions administrator? Take a look at the Administrators' Forum or the documents and forms on the Downloads page
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interested in learning more about the bigger picture behind these pension schemes? Here you can find a short history of police pensions as well as information about the Police Pensions Team at the Home Office, who are responsible for police pensions policy and implementation.
