Written Question·Home Office·UIN 51886

Armed Forces and Police: Pensions

Tabled: 13 May 2025

Answered: 21 May 2025

Question

Suella Braverman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made a comparative assessment of access to widow pensions for women who (a) cohabit and (b) remarry for widows of (i) police and (ii) armed forces personnel.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

The 2015 police pension scheme is the scheme currently open to serving police officers. This scheme provides life-long survivor benefits for spouses, civil partners and unmarried partners, including those who remarry or cohabit after losing a spouse. The ...

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