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Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve: Pension Rights

Asked by Jim AllisterTraditional Unionist VoiceNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled Answered 10 March 2026UIN 117624

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the absence of pension rights on retired Full Time Reserve Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross officers who served between 1972 and 1988; and wha

Answered by Hilary Benn

The pension rights of retired police officers is a devolved matter for which the Department of Justice is responsible.

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