Guidance

Special Forces officers retired pay

Updated 9 October 2020

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Rates of service retired pay paid on compulsory retirement

Annex A

Officers of the special forces

Applicable to officers who give Full Pay Service on the Active List on or after 31 March 2020.

(£ a year)

Number of years reckonable service OF2 and Below OF3 OF2 OCFR * (LE)
16 18,059 20,698 18,932
17 18,856 21,587 19,902
18 19,654 22,475 20,873
19 20,452 23,364 21,843
20 21,249 24,252 22,813
21 22,047 25,141 23,784
22 22,844 26,029 24,754
23 23,642 26,918 25,724
24 24,439 27,806 26,695
25 25,237 28,695 27,665
26 26,034 29,583 28,635
27 26,832 30,472 29,605
28 27,629 31,360 30,576
29 28,427 32,249 31,546
30 29,224 33,137 32,516
31 30,022 34,026 33,487
32 30,819 34,914 34,457
33 31,617 35,803 35,427
34 32,414 36,691 36,398

*OF2 OCFR is applicable to OCFR who give Full LE Pay Service on the Active List on or after 5 January 2014 and have 5 years commissioned service.

Rates of service retired pay for accrual calculations

For members who transfer to AFPS 15 on or after 1 April 2015 with accrued rights from AFPS 75.

Officers of the special forces

Applicable to officers who give Full Pay Service on the Active List on or after 31 March 2020.

(£ a year)

Number of years reckonable service OF2 and Below OF3 OF2 OCFR * (LE)
9 10,158 11,643 10,649
10 11,287 12,936 11,833
11 12,416 14,230 13,016
12 13,544 15,524 14,199
13 14,673 16,817 15,382
14 15,802 18,111 16,566
15 16,930 19,405 17,749

*OF2 OCFR is applicable to OCFR who give Full LE Pay Service on the Active List on or after 5 January 2014 and have 5 years commissioned service.

Rates of service retired pay paid on premature voluntary retirement

Officers of the special forces

Applicable to officers who give Full Pay Service on the Active List on or after 31 March 2020.

(£ a year)

Number of years reckonable service OF2 and Below OF3 OF2 OCFR * (LE)
16 15,559 17,612 17,471
17 16,531 18,712 18,563
18 17,504 19,813 19,655
19 18,476 20,914 20,747
20 19,449 22,015 21,839
21 20,421 23,115 22,930
22 21,393 24,216 24,022
23 22,366 25,317 25,114
24 23,338 26,418 26,206
25 24,311 27,518 27,298
26 25,283 28,619 28,390
27 26,256 29,720 29,482
28 27,228 30,821 30,576
29 28,200 31,921 31,546
30 29,224 33,137 32,516
31 30,022 34,026 33,487
32 30,819 34,914 34,457
33 31,617 35,803 35,427
34 32,414 36,691 36,398

*OF2 OCFR is applicable to OCFR who give Full LE Pay Service on the Active List on or after 5 January 2014 and have 5 years commissioned service.

Rates of service invaliding retire pay

Officers of the special forces

Applicable to officers who give Full Pay Service on the Active List on or after 31 March 2020.

(£ a year)

Number Of Years Reckonable Service OF2 and Below OF3 OF2 OCFR * (LE)
** 2 3,890   4,368
** 3 5,835   6,552
** 4 7,779   8,736
5 9,724 11,007 10,919
6 10,597 11,995 11,899
7 11,470 12,983 12,879
8 12,342 13,971 13,859
9 13,215 14,959 14,839
10 14,088 15,946 15,819
11 14,960 16,934 16,799
12 15,833 17,922 17,779
13 16,706 18,910 18,759
14 17,578 19,898 19,739
15 18,451 20,886 20,719
16 19,324 21,873 21,699
17 20,197 22,861 22,679
18 21,069 23,849 23,659
19 21,942 24,837 24,639
20 22,815 25,825 25,619
21 23,687 26,813 26,599
22 24,560 27,800 27,578
23 25,433 28,788 28,558
24 26,305 29,776 29,538
25 27,178 30,764 30,518
26 28,051 31,752 31,498
27 28,923 32,740 32,478
28 29,796 33,727 33,458
29 30,669 34,715 34,438
30 31,542 35,703 35,418
31 OR MORE 32,414 36,691 36,398

** Applicable only to officers with 5 years qualifying service

*OF2 OCFR is applicable to OCFR who give Full LE Pay Service on the Active List on or after 5 January 2014 and have 5 years commissioned service.

Rates of service attributable annual compensation payment

Officers of the special forces

Applicable to officers who give Full Pay Service on the Active List on or after 31 March 2020.

(£ a year)

Degree of disability% OF2 and Below OF3 OF2 OCFR * (LE)
20 10,952 12,662 12,545
30 13,186 15,325 15,178
40 15,420 17,987 17,811
50 19,275 22,482 22,263
60 21,509 25,144 24,895
70 23,743 27,806 27,528
80 28,679 33,526 33,194
90 30,913 36,188 35,827
100 33,148 38,850 38,460

*OF2 OCFR is applicable to OCFR who give Full LE Pay Service on the Active List on or after 5 January 2014 and have 5 years commissioned.

Rates of attributable lump sum

Annex B

Officers of the special forces

Applicable to officers who give Full Pay Service on the Active List on or after 31 March 2020.

(£)

Degree of Disability% OF2 and Below OF3 OF2 OCFR * (LE)
20 6,483 7,338 7,280
30 9,724 11,007 10,919
40 12,966 14,676 14,559
50 16,207 18,346 18,199
60 19,449 22,015 21,839
70 22,690 25,684 25,478
80 25,931 29,353 29,118
90 29,173 33,022 32,758
100 32,414 36,691 36,398

*OF2 OCFR is applicable to OCFR who give Full Pay Service on the Active List on or after 5 January 2014 and have 5 years commissioned service.

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