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
Transfers from DB schemes
(Members only)
PPBN 01
Publication date: 04 May 2006
Pension transfers from defined benefit pension schemes
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Pensionable pay
(Members only)
PPBN 02
Publication date: 03 February 2006
Civil service: pensionability of non-consolidated pay (revised June 2005)
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Salary sacrifice arrangements
(Members only)
PPBN 03
Publication date: 03 March 2006
Salary sacrifice (salary conversion) arrangements
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Career average schemes
(Members only)
PPBN 06
Publication date: 15 December 2006
Career average pension schemes [revised December 2004]
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Disputes procedure
(Members only)
PPBN 07
Publication date: 07 July 2006
Pension scheme disputes: internal dispute resolution procedures
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Retirement age and pension age
(Members only)
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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Tax changes
(Members only)
PPBN 10
Publication date: 15 December 2006
The Finance Act 2004 - a note for trustees and negotiators [September 2004]
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Disability discrimination
(Members only)
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
(Members only)
PPBN 12
Publication date: 15 December 2006
First report of the Pensions Commission [November 2004]
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Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
(Members only)
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
(Members only)
PPBN 15
Publication date: 03 March 2006
Graduated pension
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Dependants' benefits (Classic)
(Members only)
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)
(Members only)
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)
(Members only)
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
(Members only)
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
(Members only)
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
(Members only)
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
(Members only)
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
(Members only)
PPBN 22
Publication date: 03 June 2006
PCSPS: increasing pension benefits
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Divorce
(Members only)
PPBN 23
Publication date: 07 July 2006
PCSPS: pensions and divorce
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Reckonable service
(Members only)
PPBN 24
Publication date: 04 June 2006
PCSPS: qualifying and reckonable service
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TUPE
(Members only)
PPBN 25
Publication date: 09 June 2006
TUPE and pensions
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Re-employment before pension age
(Members only)
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
(Members only)
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
(Members only)
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
(Members only)
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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Terminology and abbreviations
(Members only)
PPBN 30
Publication date: 07 July 2006
Pensions terminology and abbreviations
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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
(Members only)
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
(Members only)
PPBN 48
Publication date: 22 March 2006
Implications for pension schemes and redundancy terms
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Tax changes (April 2006)
(Members only)
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
(Members only)
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
(Members only)
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
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