2006 Police Pensions Regulations
Find the full document here: The Police Pensions Regulations 2006 Find the members guide here: The New Police Pension Scheme 2006 – Members’ Guide 2009
Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006
Find the full document here: The Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006 Find the ammendments to the regulation here: Changes to Legislation
Police Medical Appeal Board
Find PMAB guidance here: The National Archives
Home Office
Use this link for relevant Home Office documents: The National Archives
Abolition Of The ESA Work Related Activity Component
The Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 legislated for the abolition of the Work-Related Activity Component (WRAC) of ESA for new claimants from April 2017. Work-Related Activity Component paid to those in the WRAG would be abolished for new claims from April 2017. The equivalent element in Universal Credit will also be abolished. This will be a reduction of […]
Police Pensions gov.uk
Find the gov.uk Police Pensions page here: Police Pensions
High Court orders the withdrawal of Home Office Police Pensions guidance
The High Court has quashed guidance issued by the Home Office which has been used to reduce the injury pensions of thousands of injured former police officers. All of these cuts to the pensions of former injured officers will now have to be further reviewed. The court ordered the Home Office to publicise the withdrawal […]
Recent Injury Award case gives further guidance on the assessment of Police Injury Awards where an underlying degenerative condition has been affected by an injury on duty
The Court in this case concluded that an approach based on acceleration or aggravation is not appropriate. If at the time when the question is referred to the Selected Medical Practitioner, there is a disablement which is permanent, and if the duty injury caused or substantially contributed to that disablement at that time, then the […]
Latest Case Clarifies The Use Of Regulation 32(2)
A recent decision in the case of HAWORTH has confirmed that there is no ‘time limit’ in relation to a request for a reconsideration of an injury award decision and that Police Authorities should give due cognisance of the merits of the request before deciding not to agree such a request on merely time delay […]
Court of Appeal decision RPI/CPI challange
The Court of Appeal has handed down its decision on the Governments switch to the CPI as the index used to uprate pensions. The appeal was dismissed. Use the links for documents and information: Court of appeal decision Pension Contribution Schedule table Home Office Publications