Question follow-through · 15414
Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide Defence Fire and Rescue Service workers an early pension get out clause at 57.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 21 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 29 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Ministry of Defence: Palantir · 24 Feb 2025
- Ministry of Defence: Secondment · 10 Mar 2025
- Ministry of Defence: Hakluyt · 11 Mar 2025
- Venezuela: Armed Forces · 6 Jan 2026
- Palantir: Data Protection · 7 Jan 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
21 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide Defence Fire and Rescue Service workers an early pension get out clause at 57.
25 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Nov 2024
Answer published
As Civil Servants, the Defence Fire and Rescue Service (DFRS) workforce pension scheme is administered by My Civil Service Pension and in accordance with MOD policy. Each occupation group can only apply the rules, in which Trade Unions have been consulted...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Ministry of Defence: Palantir
24 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff his Department has seconded from Palantir since July 2024.
Ministry of Defence: Secondment
10 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of their Department's officials have been seconded from (a) the Institute for Economic Affairs, (b) the Policy Exchange, (c) the Adam Smith Institute and (d) Labour Together since July 2024.
Ministry of Defence: Hakluyt
11 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff their Department has seconded from Hakluyt since July 2024.
Venezuela: Armed Forces
6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there are British armed forces personnel in active service in Venezuela.
Palantir: Data Protection
7 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that data analysed by Palantir is protected from access by foreign governments.
Ministry of Defence: Data Protection
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Palantir system for managing his Department's data could be unilaterally shut down by Palantir without the Government’s consent.
Ministry of Defence: Palantir
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the contract with Palantir was awarded without competition in December 2025.
Ministry of Defence: Palantir
24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has contingency plans in the event that his Department’s contracts with Palantir are terminated.