Prospect Pension Briefing Notes (PPBNs)
This page lists all the PPBNs currently available online, in numerical order. If you want a PPBN which is not listed here, it can be provided on request from the RSS department at Prospect headquarters
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Transfers from DB schemes
(No access) PPBN 01 Publication date: 04 May 2006 Pension transfers from defined benefit pension schemes |
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Pensionable pay
(No access) PPBN 02 Publication date: 03 February 2006 Civil service: pensionability of non-consolidated pay (revised June 2005) |
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Salary sacrifice arrangements
(No access) PPBN 03 Publication date: 03 March 2006 Salary sacrifice (salary conversion) arrangements |
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Career average schemes
(No access) PPBN 06 Publication date: 15 December 2006 Career average pension schemes [revised December 2004] |
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Disputes procedure
(No access) PPBN 07 Publication date: 07 July 2006 Pension scheme disputes: internal dispute resolution procedures |
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Retirement age and pension age
(No access) PPBN 09 Publication date: 15 December 2006 Retirement age and pension age. This note covers age discrimination, retirement policy, equalisation of pension and state pension age, and minimum pension age. [2nd revision June 2005] |
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Disability discrimination
(No access) PPBN 11 Publication date: 07 July 2006 Disability discrimination in pension schemes: a note for trustees and negotiators |
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Pensions commission first report
(No access) PPBN 12 Publication date: 15 December 2006 First report of the Pensions Commission [November 2004] |
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Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
(No access) PPBN 13 Publication date: 07 July 2006 The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. (This note will primarily be of interest to members in the UKAEA and BNFL.) |
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State penson: graduated state pension
(No access) PPBN 15 Publication date: 03 March 2006 Graduated pension |
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Dependants' benefits (Classic)
(No access) PPBN 16A Publication date: 31 January 2006 Explains the rules on pensions and lump sum benefits for the widows, widowers, civil partners and children in the PCSPS Classic section |
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Dependants' benefits (Premium)
(No access) PPBN 16B Publication date: 31 January 2006 Explains the rules on pensions and lump sum benefits for the widows, widowers, partners and children of members in the PCSPS Premium section |
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Dependants' benefits (Classic Plus)
(No access) PPBN 16C Publication date: 31 January 2006 Summarises the rules on pensions and lump sum benefits for the widows, widowers, partners and children of members in the PCSPS Classic Plus (Refer to 16A & 16B for full details) |
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Pensions Act 2004
(No access) PPBN 17 Publication date: 09 April 2006 The Pensions Act 2004: implementation dates; pensions increases [April 2005] |
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Pensions Act 2004: reporting breaches of the law
(No access) PPBN 18 Publication date: 09 April 2006 The Pensions Act 2004: duties to report breaches of the law to the regulator (whistleblowing) |
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State pension: basic state pension
(No access) PPBN 19 Publication date: 09 May 2006 The basic state pension: covers state pension age; contributions and credits; voluntary NI contributions; state pension forecasts; pensions increases; deferring the pension; and sources of information |
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Pensions Act 2004: notifiable events
(No access) PPBN 20 Publication date: 07 July 2006 The Pensions Act 2004: duty to report 'notifiable events' to the pensions regulator |
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Increasing benefits
(No access) PPBN 22 Publication date: 03 June 2006 PCSPS: increasing pension benefits |
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Divorce
(No access) PPBN 23 Publication date: 07 July 2006 PCSPS: pensions and divorce |
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Reckonable service
(No access) PPBN 24 Publication date: 04 June 2006 PCSPS: qualifying and reckonable service |
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TUPE
(No access) PPBN 25 Publication date: 09 June 2006 TUPE and pensions |
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Re-employment before pension age
(No access) PPBN 26 Publication date: 19 August 2006 PCSPS: re-employment before drawing pension. This briefing note covers those who are re-employed in the civil service or another PCSPS employing body after having previously left the service with a deferred pension. |
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Re-employment after drawing pension
(No access) PPBN 27 Publication date: 19 August 2006 PCSPS: re-employment after drawing pension. This briefing note covers those who are re-employed in the civil service or another PCSPS employing body after their pension or pension lump sum has been brought into payment. |
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Partnership pension account
(No access) PPBN 28 Publication date: 06 April 2006 New entrants to the PCSPS have the option to take out a Partnership account instead of joining PCSPS Premium. PPBN gives details of the Partnership arrangements |
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Ill-health retirement
(No access) PPBN 29 Publication date: 19 August 2006 PCSPS: ill health retirement. The PCSPS rules provide for early retirement at any age on medical grounds. |
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Contributions PPBN 32 Publication date: 19 August 2006 PCSPS: contributions. Although PCSPS is an unfunded scheme, contributions are paid by the employer and employees. |
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The Civil Service Compensation Scheme: An Introduction PPBN 40 Publication date: 19 October 2006 A brief outline of the CSCS, including voluntary terms, statutory redundancy pay and taxation |
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Early leavers
(No access) PPBN 46 Publication date: 26 January 2006 A guide to pension provision for those who leave PCSPS before normal retirement age |
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Age discrimination
(No access) PPBN 48 Publication date: 22 March 2006 Implications for pension schemes and redundancy terms |
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Tax changes (April 2006)
(No access) PPBN 51 Publication date: 23 March 2006 Changes will apply to the rules of the PCSPS from 6th April 2006 (A Day). Briefing note 51 provides a summary of the changes that will be made |
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WPS refunds
(No access) PPBN 53 Publication date: 23 March 2006 From 6 April 2006 the arrangements for paying WPS refunds for members in PCSPS Classic and Classic Plus are changing. This explains the new arrangements for those with civil partners. |
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Time limit on transfers in from personal pension arrangements
(No access) PPBN 54 Publication date: 23 March 2006 As a result of the scheme changes required by the Finance Act 2004, the PCSPS Rules are being amended with effect from 6th April 2006 to put a time limit on transfers in to PCSPS from personal pension arrangements. |
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Pensions Act 2004: internal controls PPBN 56 Publication date: 08 August 2006 Pensions Act 2004: Internal Controls |