Amendments to The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2848) questions (accessible)
Published 20 November 2024
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Proposed updates to Member Contribution Structure
Consultation questions
This consultation begins on 20 November 2024
This consultation ends on 29 January 2025
About you
Please use this section to tell us about yourself.
These questions are optional.
Q1. In what capacity are you responding to this consultation?
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Individual member
Member representative
Employer
Employer representative
Other
If ‘other’ please let us know more details
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Q.2 If you are a representative of a group or force, please tell us the name of the group (for example FBU or LGA)
Please also indicate if you agree for your response to be made public and associated with the group or if you would like to remain anonymous.
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Consultation questions
To ensure compliance with data protection legislation, we request that you do not provide any personally identifiable information (for example, names, dates, and locations) in your answers to the following questions:
Q1. What is your preferred tiering option to determine a members contribution tier?
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Option 1: Increase tiers by known pay increases.
Option 2: Add an additional tier and modify the gap between tiers.
Option 3: Marginal system.
If necessary, please concisely explain your answer.
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Q2. What is your preferred option to determine a members contribution threshold?
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Option 1: WTE to determine which contribution rate a member will pay
Option 2: Use the previous year’s pay to determine which contribution rate, without any adjustment at the end of each scheme year.
Option 3: Use the previous year’s pay to determine which initial contribution rate as in option 2, then adjust for actual pay at the end of the scheme year.
If necessary, please concisely explain your answer.
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Q3. What is your preferred futureproofing option to avoid future misalignment?
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Option 1: Manually uplifting thresholds in line with the pay awards.
Option 2: Automatically increase thresholds in line with the consumer price index (CPI).
If necessary, please concisely explain your answer.
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Q4. Do you believe that your preferred contribution structure option, which you indicated in Q1, is administratively sustainable?
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Yes
No
Don’t know
If necessary, please concisely explain your answer.
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Q5. Are there any other proposals for achieving the target yield through contribution structures that you would like to be considered which have not been considered or proposed in this consultation?
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Yes
No
Don’t know
If yes, please outline the proposal(s).
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Q6. Do you anticipate any equality issues arising from the implementation of these proposals?
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No
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If yes, please explain the issue(s) and cause(s).
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How to respond
Please respond by 29 January 2025.
You can email your response to:
firepensionspublicservicepensionsremedy@homeoffice.gov.uk
Or you can post your response to:
Fire Member Contribution Consultation Structure
Police Workforce and Professionalism Unit
Home Office
6th Floor, Fry Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF