Agenda item

To receive a report, extracted from Hampshire Fire Pension Board papers, on bulletins issued by the Local Government Association in respect of fire pension schemes since the last board meeting in December 2019.

The Technical Finance Manager presented the report on bulletins issued by the Local Government Association in respect of fire pension schemes since the last board meeting in December 2019. It was noted that the information contained in the report was presented to the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority (HFRA) Hampshire Firefighters' Pension Board at its meetings on 15 July 2020 and 8 October 2020. Attention was drawn to key points for noting, which included; changes to the threshold income used to calculate a tapered annual allowance, raising tax awareness through job adverts, the pensions dashboard, and the equalisation of male survivor benefits. The Board were offered a separate briefing on adjusted income limits, if required.

RESOLVED:

THAT the update be noted.