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

Documents

Transfers from DB schemes (Members only) PPBN 01 Publication date: 04 May 2006 Pension transfers from defined benefit pension schemes

Pensionable pay (Members only) PPBN 02 Publication date: 03 February 2006 Civil service: pensionability of non-consolidated pay (revised June 2005)

Salary sacrifice arrangements (Members only) PPBN 03 Publication date: 03 March 2006 Salary sacrifice (salary conversion) arrangements

Career average schemes (Members only) PPBN 06 Publication date: 15 December 2006 Career average pension schemes [revised December 2004]

Disputes procedure (Members only) PPBN 07 Publication date: 07 July 2006 Pension scheme disputes: internal dispute resolution procedures

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]

Tax changes (Members only) PPBN 10 Publication date: 15 December 2006 The Finance Act 2004 - a note for trustees and negotiators [September 2004]

Disability discrimination (Members only) PPBN 11 Publication date: 07 July 2006 Disability discrimination in pension schemes: a note for trustees and negotiators

Pensions commission first report (Members only) PPBN 12 Publication date: 15 December 2006 First report of the Pensions Commission [November 2004]

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.)

State penson: graduated state pension (Members only) PPBN 15 Publication date: 03 March 2006 Graduated pension

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

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

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)

Pensions Act 2004 (Members only) PPBN 17 Publication date: 09 April 2006 The Pensions Act 2004: implementation dates; pensions increases [April 2005]

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)

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

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

Increasing benefits (Members only) PPBN 22 Publication date: 03 June 2006 PCSPS: increasing pension benefits

Divorce (Members only) PPBN 23 Publication date: 07 July 2006 PCSPS: pensions and divorce

Reckonable service (Members only) PPBN 24 Publication date: 04 June 2006 PCSPS: qualifying and reckonable service

TUPE (Members only) PPBN 25 Publication date: 09 June 2006 TUPE and pensions

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.

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.

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

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.

Terminology and abbreviations (Members only) PPBN 30 Publication date: 07 July 2006 Pensions terminology and abbreviations

Contributions PPBN 32 Publication date: 19 August 2006 PCSPS: contributions. Although PCSPS is an unfunded scheme, contributions are paid by the employer and employees.

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

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

Age discrimination (Members only) PPBN 48 Publication date: 22 March 2006 Implications for pension schemes and redundancy terms

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

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.

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.

Pensions Act 2004: internal controls PPBN 56 Publication date: 08 August 2006 Pensions Act 2004: Internal Controls