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Public service pensions: changes to 2016 valuations

This is a technical note on actuarial valuations of the public service pension schemes.

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

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皇冠体育app Public Service Pensions Act provides the legal framework for regular actuarial valuations of the public service pension schemes, which inform the future contribution rates to be paid into the schemes by employers. 皇冠体育app directions, made under this act, implement this policy.

皇冠体育app act also provides for the establishment of an employer cost cap mechanism to ensure that the costs of the pension schemes remain sustainable in future. On 30 January, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury announced that the employer cost cap mechanism will be paused in light of the potentially significant but uncertain impact of a Court of Appeal judgment concerning elements of the public service pension schemes. 皇冠体育app Treasury is publishing amending directions which put this change into effect. 皇冠体育app Treasury has a statutory duty to consult the Government Actuary before making the directions. 皇冠体育app Treasury completed this statutory consultation during February 2019.

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Published 15 February 2019

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