Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 57224 on Police: Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of surviving partners currently in receipt of a survivor’s pension under the 1987 Police Pension Scheme who would lose their entitlement upon remarriage or cohabitation.

The Home Office does not hold data on the number of surviving partners currently receiving a survivor’s pension under the 1987 police pension scheme who might be affected by remarriage or cohabitation.

The 1987 police pension scheme is a closed scheme and there are no plans at this time to make any further improvements to benefits accrued in it.