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Police: Pensions

Asked by Grahame MorrisLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 17 June 2025UIN 59323

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 57224 on Police: Pensions, if she will estimate the cost to the public purse of amending the 1987 Police Pension Scheme to allow surviving partners to retain their survivor’s pension entitlement upon remarriage or cohabitation.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The Home Office does not hold data on the number of surviving partners currently receiving a survivor’s pension under the 1987 police pension scheme who might be affected by remarriage or cohabitation.

The 1987 police pension scheme is a closed scheme and there are no plans at this time to make any further improvements to benefits accrued in it.

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