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What Benefits Are Payable?

Long-term pension
A long-term pension is payable to the legal spouse/civil partner and/or eligible
children.
The pension will depend upon the reckonable membership and final pensionable
pay of the deceased member at the date of leaving taking into account inflation
to the date of death and will be worked out as follows:
Paid to

Amount of Pension

Widow (who was married to her
husband both when he left employment
and when he died).

½ the current value of her husband’s
accumulated pension

Widower (who was married to his wife
both when she left employment and
when she died).

½ the current value of pension which
relates to membership from 6.4.88
plus
½ the current value of pension which
relates to any pre 6.4.88 membership
she had elected to convert to provide
increased spouse’s benefits.

Surviving civil partner (who was in civil
partnership both when his/her partner
left employment and when his/her
partner died).

½ of the current value of pension which
relates to membership from 6.4.88.

Children
1 or 2.

¼ * each of

3 or more.

A share
of ½* of

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the higher of; either
the pension the
parent would have
received as above
or
the parent’s
notional pension
based on 10 years’
reckonable
membership or
membership to age
65 if this is less.

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