Workforce Pay and Pensions Division

The Division is responsible for policy development, the regulatory framework and statutory appeal arrangements for the Local Government Pension Scheme in England and Wales and the Firefighters' Pension Scheme, as well as advice on broader pension policy issues affecting both schemes. It also has responsibility for local government pay and workforce issues, including equal pay.

WPPD1 - Local Government Workforce, Pay and Equal Pay, Chief Executives’ Pay. Liaison with Cabinet Office, Treasury LGA, LGE and IDeA (Contact No - 0303 44 42172).

WPPD2 - LGPS in England and Wales programming and preparation of Scheme amendments. Scheme sustainability. Appeal Decisions. Part-timers’ access to LGPS (Preston) and JR cases. Implications of MOCOP changes. Review of school’s scheme membership provisions. Secretariat for Policy Review Group. (Contact No - 0303 44 42174)

WPPD3 - LGPS employment, redundancy, and machinery of government issues. LGR provisions. Ill health provisions and chair Ill Health Monitoring Group). LGPS Admitted Body Status Review. (Contact No - 0303 44 42181)

WPPD4 - Management and investment of local authority pension funds. Governance of funds. Liaison with DWP, the Regulator, CIFPA, and Audit Commission. (Contact No - 0303 44 42183)

WPPD5 - FPS and NFPS in England Support to Regulator (SofS). Scheme policy, reform and amendment. Secretariat for Stakeholder group Pension Committee); Firefighter Pension Fund Top-up Grant. Management of medical appeals contract. (Contact No - 0303 44 42185)