FOI/202300339392 · FOI · unclear
Police Officers receiving index linked pension due to ill health retirement: FOI release
Information requested
In the past five years, how many Police Officers retired from Police Scotland on an ill health pension who were under the age of 55 years of age and retired on the lower tier. Of these retirees on the lower tier, how many were index linked from point of retirement?
Response
Between 01/04/2015 and 11/01/2023, 552 Police Officers retired from Police Scotland due to ill health. 222 Officers retired on a Police Pension Scheme which has no tier split.
Between 01/04/2015 and 11/01/2023, 191 Police Officers retired from Police Scotland on an ill health pension who were under 55 years of age and retired on the lower tier. 133 of these 191 were index linked from point of retirement.
For a more detailed breakdown, here are those values by year starting from 01/04/xxxx up until 31/03/xxxx+1 (financial years):
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total Retirements (ill health) 102 99 77 101 64 35 33 41 Lower tier Ill Health 23 27 26 26 23 12 22 32 Lower tier Index Linked 23 27 26 24 13 6 9 5 PPS Scheme (no tiers) 62 50 33 44 21 8 4 0
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