Question follow-through · 98986

Police: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by when her Department expects to complete its ongoing work to to provide a remedy for those members of the Police Pension Scheme who opted out of, and are now left unable to opt back into, the 1987 p

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Home Office
Tabled
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
15 Dec 2025
Answer
5 Jan 2026 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 10 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by when her Department expects to complete its ongoing work to to provide a remedy for those members of the Police Pension Scheme who opted out of, and are now left unable to opt back into, the 1987 p

  2. 15 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The Government recognises concerns that the current legislation does not fully deliver the intended remedy for a small cohort of members who opted out of the police pension scheme and are now unable to return to their original scheme.This is a complex iss...

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9 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2026 to the Question 98986 on Police: Workplace Pensions, whether her Department has identified a solution.

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