Human Resources
Police Pensions and Retirement Policy
These pages provide general information about police pensions and related subjects for police officers and pensions adminstrators in forces in England and Wales.
Please note: If you are a serving or retired police officer and want more information on your personal pension, please contact the pensions administrators for your force. Your force's human resources department will be able to provide you with the relevant contact details.
For information on police pensions in forces in Scotland please visit the SPPA website (new window) and for the Police Service of Northern Ireland visit the PSNI website (new window).
Please follow the links below or to the left to the section most relevant to you.
What's New
New commutation factors (21/05/08)
New lump sum commutation factors for PPS and new factors for exchange of lump sum in NPPS are published today. The factors are set out in new PPS and NPPS guidance on commutation and exchange of lump sum published by Government Actuary's Department. Additional guidance on the implementation of the new factors, including the effects of backdating and various financial issues, is in the accompanying Home Office Circular 11/2008 (new window). A set of Questions and Answers on the new factors deals with the questions which officers are most likely to raise.
Police pensions administrator contacts - England and Wales (21/05/08)
Do you need to contact your pensions administrator? A new list of police pensions administrator contacts gives contact details for the pensions administrators for each of the 43 forces in England and Wales.
Are you...
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looking for information on PPS? Go to the 1987 Pension Scheme pages
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looking for information on NPPS? Go to the 2006 Pension Scheme pages
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thinking of joining the police and want to know more about the pension you would get? The 2006 Pension Scheme pages are for you
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already receiving a police pension? Go to the section dedicated to Pensioners and Former Members
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a police pensions administrator? Take a look at the Adminstrators' Forum or the documents and forms on the Downloads page
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interested in learning more about the bigger picture behind these pension schemes? Here you can find a short history of police pensions as well as information about the Police Pensions Team at the Home Office, who are responsible for police pensions policy and implementation.
