Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales - Access and Fairness

Regulation 8(1)(b) of the 2023 Regulations – Survivor benefits in respect of members who died before 1st October 2023 – applies to members where a survivor pension was paid before 1st October 2023. However, the 2013 Regulations lay down that survivor pensions come into payment the day after a death. The combination of the two regulations means that deaths on 30th September 2023 would not be covered, when this was not the original policy intent. The government is proposing to amend Regulation 8(1)(b) so that deaths on 30th September 2023 are covered.