Human Resources
2006 Police Pension Scheme (NPPS)
All officers joining the police service for the first time on after 6 April 2006 will be admitted to the 2006 Police Pension Scheme (NPPS). Officers who joined before that date will have the option to transfer to NPPS if they wish. Please follow the link below for more information on this pension scheme.
NPPS maintains the fundamental principles of the 1987 Police Pensions Scheme (PPS) of pensions benefits based on final salary and a low normal minimum pension age in recognition of the heavy fitness demands placed on operational police officers.
NPPS applies to all serving police officers who joined the service on or after 6 April 2006, unless they decided to opt out, and anyone who decides to transfer from the PPS.
From 6 April 2006 all new police entrants who wish to have a police pension must join the New Police Pension Scheme (NPPS). Members of PPS can still transfer to NPPS, but the special terms are no longer available except for those who are re-joining the service.
The main features of NPPS include:
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officer contributes 9.5% of salary each month
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maximum pension of ½ final salary plus a fixed lump sum of 4 times the pension, with option to give up part or all of the lump sum for additional annual pension
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maximum pension after 35 years
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single accrual rate of 1/70 of final salary for each year of service – no accelerated accrual rate after 20 years
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pensions for life for adult survivors
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pensions can also be paid to partners who are neither married nor civil partners if appropriate conditions are satisfied
This pension is a statutory scheme, based on the Police Pensions Regulations 2006, made under the Police Pensions Act 1976. All regular police officers in the United Kingdom who joined on or after 6 April 2006, or who wish to transfer, may belong to it.
More information
You can find out more detailed information on NPPS by following the links on the right. You can also find detailed information on the scheme by accessing the NPPS Members Guide.
Options exercise
The options exercise for joining NPPS and transferring PPS service across under special terms has now ended, except in exceptional cases and for those who re-join the service. More information is on the Options exercise page.
