Question follow-through · 2005

Police: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to review the 1987 Police Pension Scheme, in light of the mechanism under which widowers, widows and surviving civil partners can lose their pension entitlement if they r

answeredLiz Saville RobertsHome Office

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Home Office
Tabled
18 May 2026
Target answer date
21 May 2026
Answer
21 May 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 18 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to review the 1987 Police Pension Scheme, in light of the mechanism under which widowers, widows and surviving civil partners can lose their pension entitlement if they r

  2. 21 May 2026

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  3. 21 May 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the Hon. Member to the response given to UIN 813 on the 18th May 2026.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Police: Wales

20 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Welsh Government was (a) consulted and (b) engaged with as part of the Independent Review of Police Force Structures prior to 7 May 2026.

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Police: Workplace Pensions

22 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of surviving partners in receipt of a pension under the 1987 Police Pension Scheme who would lose their entitlement if they remarry or cohabit in (a) England an