Roger Godsiff – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Communities and Local Government

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Roger Godsiff on 2014-04-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has had discussions with the Fire Brigades Union on calculating pension entitlement for firefighters using length of service rather than age in the last six months.

Brandon Lewis

The transitional protection arrangements for the firefighters’ pension schemes are set out in the Proposed Final Agreement which was published in May 2012. The transitional protections use age to calculate a member’s entitlement to protection.

There has been recent correspondence with the Fire Brigades Union on the scope and timing of discussions on this issue. Copies of this correspondence can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/firefighters-pension-scheme-reforms.

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