To ensure compliance with data protection legislation, we request that you do not provide any personally identifiable information (for example, names, dates, and locations) in your answers to the following questions:

 

1. Do you agree that the proposal for missed pension payments for deceased individuals achieves the stated policy objective (see paragraph 4.4)?

 

2. Do you agree that the proposal to provide a survivor’s missed pension lump sum payment achieves the stated policy objective (see paragraph 4.5)?

 

3. Do you agree that the proposal to extend the eligibility criteria for the ‘additional death grant’ achieves the stated policy objective (see paragraphs 4.12-4.15)?

 

4. Do you agree that the proposal to extend the conversion options for ‘special deferred members’ achieves the stated policy objective (see paragraphs 4.16-4.18)?

 

5. Do you agree that the proposal to amend formula at Part 5, Rule 1B(8) to change the reference from ‘additional death grant’ to ‘extended death grant’ achieves the stated policy objective (see paragraphs 4.19-4.21)?

 

6. Do you agree that the proposal to allow individuals to purchase any period/s of opted out standard service as special service achieves its stated objective (see paragraphs 4.22-4.23)?

 

7. Do you agree the proposal to extend flexibility for payments relating to new provisions achieves its stated policy objective (see paragraph 4.24)?

 

8. Are there any adverse consequences that we might not have considered of extending the closing date of the 2023 Options exercise to 31 March 2026 (see paragraphs 4.26-4.27)? 

 

9. Do you agree that the proposal to allow special pensioner members who are in receipt of a ‘member initiated early retirement’ pension to convert standard service to special service achieves the stated policy objective (see paragraphs 4.28-4.31)?

 

10. Do you anticipate any equality issues arising from the implementation of the proposals in this consultation (see section 6)?

 

11. Do you agree that the proposed changes effectively address the issues that have been identified in this consultation?