Question follow-through · 44247
Police: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential (a) impact and (b) merits of reforming the 1987 Police Pension Scheme rules on police (i) widows, (ii) widowers and (iii
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 4 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 11 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential (a) impact and (b) merits of reforming the 1987 Police Pension Scheme rules on police (i) widows, (ii) widowers and (iii
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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11 Apr 2025
Answer published
The 1987 Police Pension Scheme provides a pension for the widow, widower or civil partner of a police officer who dies. In common with most other public service pension schemes of that time, these benefits cease to be payable where the widow, widower or c...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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