AQW 11120/17-22

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 27/11/2020
Answered On Date: 14/12/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance how the McCloud ruling will impact on serving officers of the PSNI and the terms of their pension; and for an update on the results of the consultation entitle Public service pension schemes: Changes to the transitional arrangements to the 2015 schemes.

Answer:

Under proposals to address unlawful age discrimination occurring since 2015, members of the Police Pension Scheme who were in service on or before 31 March 2012 and on or after 1 April 2015 will be able to choose to have scheme benefits accrued during the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2022 calculated under either the 2015 reformed scheme rules or those pertaining to their pre-2015 (legacy) scheme arrangement. To remove the discrimination for the future it is proposed that all members will accrue service from 1 April 2022 in the 2015 reformed scheme, which is of a career average design with a normal pension age of 60.

The consultation on this matter closed on 18 November 2020. Feedback is now being analysed and a response will be published in due course.