Welcome to the Firefighters’ Pension Schemes Regulations and Guidance website.
The site has been developed to hold all resources relating to the administration of the Firefighters’ Pension Schemes and provide Fire & Rescue Authorities and administrators with tools and guidance to provide an efficient and effective service to their members.
Details of events relevant to the Firefighters’ Pension Schemes can be found on the Events page. A calendar of forthcoming diary dates is also included in our monthly FPS bulletins from January 2018 onwards.
For more information about governance of the schemes and the work of the Scheme Advisory Board, please visit our dedicated Board website.
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Latest news
10 March 2023
On 10 March 2023, the High Court ruled that HM Treasury's decision to include the McCloud/ Sargeant remedy in the cost cap mechanism was not unlawful. The judge ruled in favour of HM Treasury on all grounds. The judge also refused permission to appeal, but the FBU and other parties are able to apply for permission to appeal directly to the Court of Appeal.
2 March 2023
On 2 March 2023 the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) issued a written ministerial statement announcing a reset of the Pensions Dashboard Programme (PDP) which will extend the delivery of pensions dashboards.
In the statement, the UK Government announced its intention to legislate to amend schemes’ connection deadlines, to provide PDP the time required to develop the necessary digital architecture. Guidance will be updated shortly to reflect the announcement and provide further clarity on the steps schemes should be taking to continue to prepare for the dashboard.
28 February 2023
On 28 February 2023 the Home Office launched a consultation on the Firefighters' Pension Scheme retrospective remedy on the amendments to the pension scheme regulations to enact the second phase of remedy in the McCloud/ Sargeant cases.
The consultation documents set out the background to the second, retrospective, part of the remedy and an explanation of legislative and policy changes required to implement it. The consultation seeks responses from interested parties on the amendments to the regulations needed to enact the second phase of the remedy, as set out in the PSPJOA 2022. The deadline for responses to the consultation is 23 May 2023
28 February 2023
FPS Bulletin 66 - February 2023 was published on 28 February.
This issue contains information about a new webpage on the FPS Member website, data collection for the 2015 remedy, confirmation of contribution bandings for 2023-24 and a Matthews pre-work factsheet for FRAs.
31 January 2023
FPS Bulletin 65 - January 2023 was published on 31 January.
The first issue of the new year contains information on a variety of topics including confirmation that the ill-health reassessment factsheet has been updated, details of template member consent letters for ill-health reassessment and information to help resolve queries regarding potential industrial action.