On 1 October 2004, the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 came into force. Section 34 of the Act required the Secretary of State to “consult any person he considers appropriate” before making, varying or revoking any order relating to pensions, allowances and gratuities to, or in respect of, persons employed by a fire and rescue authority. The Firefighters’ Pensions Committee (FPC) was set up to meet this requirement. The first meeting was held on 13 October 2004; the last meeting was held on 30 October 2014.

This page contains minutes from all Firefighters' Pension Committee meetings from its inception in 2004 to the final meeting in 2014 when new governance arrangements were introduced. Please note that these minutes are no longer endorsed by Home Office, LGA or SAB, and do not constitute formal guidance. Nevertheless, they provide useful historic background.

Meetings are listed in reverse annual chronological order with a list of the topics discussed. An index of topics ordered by subject matter is included below for ease of reference.

Subject matter index (PDF, 7 pages, 323kb)


FPC 51: 22/01/2014 (PDF, 10 pages, 227kb)

FPC 52: 22/04/2014 (PDF, 10 pages, 229kb)

FPC 53: 30/10/2014 (Not available)


FPC 47: 17/01/2013 (PDF, 9 pages, 184kb)

FPC 48: 24/04/2013 (PDF, 7 pages, 196kb)

FPC 49: 17/07/2013 (PDF, 10 pages, 235kb)

PC 50: 16/10/2013 (PDF, 8 pages, 180kb)


FPC 43: 18/01/2012 (PDF, 7 pages, 288kb)

FPC 44: 28/03/2012 (PDF, 6 pages, 158kb)

FPC 45: 04/07/2012 (PDF, 9 pages, 232kb)

FPC 46: 03/10/2012


FPC 39: 12/01/2011 (PDF, 9 pages, 253kb)

FPC 40: 13/04/2011 (PDF, 12 pages, 244kb)

FPC 41: 13/09/2011 (PDF, 10 pages, 235kb)

FPC 42: 26/10/2011 (PDF, 7 pages, 200kb)


FPC 33: 11/01/2010 (PDF, 9 pages, 79kb)

FPC 34: 15/03/2010 (PDF, 8 pages, 219kb)

FPC 35: 13/05/2010 (PDF, 9 pages, 255kb)

FPC 36: 25/08/2010 (PDF, 19 pages, 650kb)

FPC 37: 02/11/2010 (PDF, 7 pages, 167kb)

FPC 38: 17/11/2010 (PDF, 11 pages, 258kb)


FPC 29: 26/02/2009 (PDF, 10 pages, 51kb)

FPC 30: 28/05/2009 (PDF, 8 pages, 51kb)

FPC 31: 27/08/2009 (PDF, 8 pages, 43kb)

FPC 32: 18/11/2009 (PDF, 8 pages, 47kb)


FPC 26: 24/04/2008 (PDF, 5 pages, 33kb)

FPC 27: 20/08/2008 (PDF, 7 pages, 38kb)

FPC 28: 19/11/2008 (PDF, 17 pages, 119kb)


FPC 20: 17/01/2007 (PDF, 6 pages, 30kb)

FPC 21: 14/02/2007 (PDF, 6 pages, 43kb)

FPC 22: 21/03/2007 (PDF, 6 pages, 41kb)

FPC 23: 20/06/2007 (PDF, 8 pages, 53kb)

FPC 24: 19/09/2007 (PDF, 12 pages, 54kb)

FPC 25: 20/11/2007 (PDF, 10 pages, 77kb)


FPC 10: 10/01/2006 (PDF, 7 pages, 43kb)

FPC 11: 13/02/2006 (PDF, 6 pages, 29kb)

FPC 12: 10/03/2006 (PDF, 5 pages, 27kb)

FPC 13: 12/04/2006 (PDF, 5 pages, 27kb)

FPC 14: 17/05/2006 (PDF, 8 pages, 41kb)

FPC 15: 13/06/2006 (PDF, 7 pages, 28kb)

FPC 16: 16/08/2006 (PDF, 5 pages, 21kb)

FPC 17: 20/09/2006 (PDF, 5 pages, 22kb)

FPC 18: 18/10/2006 (PDF, 5 pages, 23kb)

FPC 19: 21/11/2006 (PDF, 8 pages, 43kb)


FPC 2: 14/01/2005 (PDF, 7 pages, 32kb)

FPC 3: 28/04/2005 (PDF, 7 pages, 42kb)

FPC 4: 29/06/2005 (PDF, 4 pages, 24kb)

FPC 5: 12/09/2005 (PDF, 5 pages, 30kb)

FPC 6: 12/10/2005 (PDF, 8 pages, 48kb)

FPC 7: 23/11/2005 (PDF, 7 pages, 43kb)

FPC 8: 12/12/2005 (PDF, 7 pages, 43kb)

FPC 9: 21/12/2005  (PDF, 7 pages, 43kb)


FPC 1: 13/10/2004 (PDF, 4 pages, 24kb)