Written Question·Home Office·UIN 52060

Police: Pensions

Tabled: 13 May 2025
Answered: 20 May 2025

Question

Jo White

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to amend the Police Pensions Regulations 1987 to allow widows to continue to receive pension income following remarriage.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson
The 1987 Police Pension Scheme provides a pension for the widow, widower or civil partner of a police officer who dies. In common with most other public service pension schemes of that time, these benefits cease to be payable where the widow, widower or c...

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