The formal HMT consultation was published on 16 July 2020 with a closing date of 11 October 2020. The paused employer cost-cap process will also resume.
The HMT consultation references at paragraph 1.21 the informal technical discussions held with scheme administrators and employer and member representatives earlier this year. The Firefighters' Pensions (England) Scheme Advisory Board has published its informal response dated 2 April 2020 to those technical discussions.
Within the response the Board highlighted the following points:
- The lack of information available to them in order to fully assess the impact of the proposals, including at that time no mention of post remedy plans
- The considerable challenge administrating the remedy would present to locally administered unfunded schemes
- Concern that a default to the final salary scheme, may not be appropriate for some members in the FPS 2006
- An immediate need for guidance on processing immediate cases
| Document | Doc type | Date |
| Public Service Pensions Consultation and Update: written statement HCWS380 | (HTML) | 16 July 2020 |
| Public Service Pensions Consultation | (PDF, 74 pages, 851kb) | 16 July 2020 |
| Public Service Pensions Consultation - questions | (PDF, 2 pages, 97.7kb) | 16 July 2020 |
| Public Service Pensions leaflet | (PDF, 3 pages, 63.1kb) | 16 July 2020 |
| Public Service Pensions Equality Impact Assessment | (PDF, 38 pages, 378kb) | 16 July 2020 |
| Update on Cost Control Element of the 2016 Valuations | (PDF, 2 pages, 95.8kb) | 16 July 2020 |
| Home Office McCloud - Sargeant consultation FAQs | (PDF, 5 pages, 215kb) | 16 July 2020 |
| GAD technical bulletin - Public Service Pensions update | (PDF, 3 pages, 376kb) | July 2020 |
| Stakeholder information note on HMT consultation proposals | (PDF, 8 pages, 240kb) | 1 October 2020 |
| LGA response to the HMT consultation on changes to the transitional arrangements of the 2015 Public Service Pension Schemes. | (PDF, 23 pages, 285kb) | 9 October 2020 |
| SAB England response to the HMT consultation on changes to the transitional arrangements of the 2015 Public Service Pension Schemes. | (PDF, 65 pages, 741kb) | 9 October 2020 |
| SAB Wales response to the HMT consultation on changes to the transitional arrangements of the 2015 Public Service Pension Schemes. | (PDF, 9 pages, 425kb) | 9 October 2020 |
| SAB Scotland response to the HMT consultation on changes to the transitional arrangements of the 2015 Public Service Pension Schemes. | (PDF, 11 pages, 274kb) | 9 October 2020 |
| Public Service Pensions Consultation Response and Update: written statement HCWS757 | (HTML) | 4 February 2021 |
| Public Service Pensions: Government response to consultation | (PDF, 72 pages, 838kb) | 4 February 2021 |
| Public Service Pensions leaflet | (PDF, 3 pages, 120kb) | 4 February 2021 |
| Public Service Pensions: Equality Impact Assessment | (PDF, 53 pages, 555kb) | 4 February 2021 |
| Update on the 2016 and 2020 valuations | (HTML) | 4 February 2021 |
| Home Office public service pension schemes consultation response Fire FAQs | (PDF, 10 pages, 164kb) | 4 February 2021 |
FRAs will also have employees who are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). As the LGPS is a funded scheme and members within 10 years of retirement at 2012 were protected in a different way, the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) are consulting separately on changes to that scheme. More information can be found on the McCloud page of the LGPS SAB website.