Question follow-through · 53453
Police: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the (a) removal and (b) retention of police widows pensions when those in receipt of such pensions (i) cohabit and (ii) remarry.
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 20 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 2 Jun 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the (a) removal and (b) retention of police widows pensions when those in receipt of such pensions (i) cohabit and (ii) remarry.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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2 Jun 2025
Answer published
The 2015 police pension scheme is the scheme currently open to serving police officers. This scheme provides life-long survivor benefits for spouses, civil partners and unmarried partners, including those who remarry or cohabit after losing a spouse. The ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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