Firefighters’ Pension
Police Workforce and Professionalism Unit
Home Office
6th Floor, Fry Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
Firefighters pensions: member contribution structure
- From:
- Home Office and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Published
- 20 November 2024
- Last updated
- 8 December 2025 — See all updates
This consultation has concluded
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Summary
Detail of outcome
From November 2024 to January 2025, the government consulted on how to update the member contribution thresholds for the Firefighters Pension Scheme 2015.
We have now published the:
- government response to this consultation
- equalities impact assessments
Original consultation
Summary
The government is consulting on proposed updates to the Firefighters' Pensions Scheme member contribution structure.
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Consultation description
The government is consulting on amendments to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014 to:
- achieve the target yield over 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2027, and future valuation periods
- update the member contribution structure to encourage scheme participation and reduce opt-outs
- ensure the member contribution structure is administratively sustainable
- ensure due regard to the Public Sector Equality Duty.
Documents
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Consultation description
The government is consulting on amendments to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014 to:
- achieve the target yield over 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2027, and future valuation periods
- update the member contribution structure to encourage scheme participation and reduce opt-outs
- ensure the member contribution structure is administratively sustainable
- ensure due regard to the Public Sector Equality Duty.
Documents
We
Amendments areto awareThe thatFirefighters’ thisPension publicationScheme may(England) haveRegulations accessibility2014 issues.(S.I. We2014/2848) are reviewing it so that we can fix these.
Read more about our accessible documents policy(accessible).
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Documents
Amendments to The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2848)
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Amendments to The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2848) questions
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Published 20 November 2024
Last updated 8 December 2025
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2025-12-08 14:47
Government response and equalities impact assessment added.
2024-11-20 15:51
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