Lyn Brown – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lyn Brown on 2014-07-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Government Actuary’s Department has considered what accrual rate for the proposed 2015 firefighters’ pension scheme would allow retirement at 55 without an actuarial reduction.

Penny Mordaunt

A reformed firefighters’ pension scheme that provided for early retirement before the Normal Pension Age of 60, without an actuarial reduction, would be unlawful under the terms of the Public Service Pensions Act 2013.