Question follow-through · 95124
Fire and Rescue Services: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made in resolving the pension aggregation issue affecting firefighters who transferred from retained to wholetime service following the 2018 lega
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 27 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made in resolving the pension aggregation issue affecting firefighters who transferred from retained to wholetime service following the 2018 lega
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2025
Answer published
My department understands that the delays in addressing pension aggregation for some scheme members with both retained and wholetime service may be frustrating. The matter is currently subject to litigation, and we will provide an update on the position a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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