Question follow-through · 25006

Police: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the 1987 police pension scheme and remove the rule under which surviving partners of police officers lose their pension payments if they remarry or enter a new cohabiting r

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
10 Sept 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to review the 1987 police pension scheme and remove the rule under which surviving partners of police officers lose their pension payments if they remarry or enter a new cohabiting r

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Sept 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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