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NFRS 2024 53 - Firefighter pensions

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Dear Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service, Please provide the following information:

  1. Number of completed Expression of Interest forms received for each month from December 2023 to date, broken down by category of:
    1. Current Firefighters
    2. Firefighters who have left the service
    3. Firefighters who have left the service and are in receipt of a pension
    4. Firefighters who have left the service and in receipt of ill health benefits
    5. Others
  2. Historic pay scales for rank/role of Firefighter, LFf - Crew Manager, SubO - Watch Manager for each year from 1975 to 2008.
  3. Numbers and categories of completed calculations sent to applicants to date,broken down by applicant category and month.
  4. Cost of purchasing historic service per £1000 of salary earned for each year from 1975 to 2008 inclusive of tax relief adjustment.
  5. Interest rate to be applied for each year of payable pension arrears from 2006 to2024.
  6. Number of Expressions of Interest received requesting costs of converting FPS2006 membership to the Modified Pension Arrangements and how many have been completed and sent out.

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  1. Number of completed Expression of Interest forms received for each month from December 2023 to date, broken down by category of:
    1. Current Firefighters
    2. Firefighters who have left the service
    3. Firefighters who have left the service and are in receipt of a pension
    4. Firefighters who have left the service and in receipt of ill health benefits
    5. Others
    Question Categories Dec-23 Jan-24 Feb-24 Mar-24 Apr-24 May-24 Jun-24 Jul-24 Aug-24 Grand Total
    Interested Not Interested Interested Not Interested Interested Not Interested Interested Not Interested Interested Not Interested Interested Not Interested Interested Not Interested Interested Not Interested Interested Not Interested
    1 & 6 Current Firefighters 6 18 3 6 6 18 23 4 1 85
    Firefighter who have left the service 7 74 1 17 15 20 19 2 41 4 11 211
    Firefighter who have left the service and in receipt of ill health benefits 1 1 1 1 4
    Others 1 1 1 3
    Grand Total 14 0 93 1 21 0 22 0 27 0 37 2 66 4 15 1 0 0 303
  2. Historic pay scales for rank/role of Firefighter, LFf - Crew Manager, SubO - Watch Manager for each year from 1975 to 2008.
    Role Qualification 07/11/1974 07/11/1975 07/11/1976 07/11/1977 07/11/1978 07/11/1979 07/11/1980 01/04/1981 07/11/1981 07/11/1982 07/11/1983 07/11/1984 07/11/1985 07/11/1986 07/11/1987 07/11/1988 07/11/1989 07/11/1990 07/11/1991 07/11/1992 07/11/1993 07/01/1994 07/11/1995 07/11/1996 07/11/1997 07/11/1998 07/11/1999 07/11/2000 07/11/2001 07/11/2002
    Firefighter Aged 19 or over during first 6 months 2022 2022 2233 3015 3683 4434 5010 5268 5799 6234 6720 7203 7722 8286 8892 9657 10488 11484 12126 12720 12897 13182 13644 14244 14928 15765 16080 16563 17208 17895
    After 6 Months and during 2nd year 2142 2142 2354 3150 3848 4635 5238 5505 6060 6516 7023 7530 8073 8661 9294 10092 10959 12000 12672 13293 13479 13776 14259 14886 15600 16473 16803 17307 17982 18702
    During 3rd Year 2268 2268 2479 3300 4031 4854 5484 5766 6348 6825 7356 7887 8454 9072 9735 10572 11481 12573 13278 13929 14124 14436 14940 15597 16347 17262 17607 18135 18843 19596
    During 4th Year 2412 2412 2624 3462 4229 5094 5757 6051 6663 7164 7722 8277 8874 9522 10218 11097 12051 13197 13935 14619 14823 15150 15681 16371 17157 18117 18480 19035 19776 20568
    During fifth Year (subject to being fully qualified) 2679 2679 2891 3771 4606 5550 6273 6594 7260 7806 8415 9021 9669 10374 11130 12087 13125 14373 15177 15921 16143 16497 17073 17823 18678 19725 20121 20724 21531 22392
    After 15 years qualified 2823 2823 3034 3939 4811 5793 6546 6882 7578 8145 8781 9414 10092 10830 11622 12621 13707 15009 15849 16626 16860 17232 17835 18621 19515 20607 21018 21648 22491 23391
    After 15 years unqualified 2550 2550 2761 3625 4428 5334 6027 6336 6975 7497 8082 8664 9288 9966 10695 11616 12615 13812 14586 15300 15513 15855 16410 17133 17955 18960 19338 19917 20694 21522
    Leading Firefighter under 15 years 2913 2913 3124 4040 4935 5943 6717 7059 7773 8355 9006 9654 10350 11106 11916 12942 14055 15390 16251 17046 17286 17667 18285 19089 20004 21123 21546 22191 23055 23976
    15 years and over 11562 12405 13473 14631 16020 16917 17745 17994 18390 19035 19872 20826 21993 22434 23106 24006 24966
    Sub Officer 1st year in rank 3000 3000 3211 4140 5057 6090 6882 7236 7968 8565 9234 9900 10614 11388 12219 13269 14409 15777 16662 17478 17724 18114 18747 19572 20511 21660 22092 22755 23643 24588
    1st year in rank with 15 years service 11844 12708 13800 14988 16413 17331 18180 18435 18840 19500 20358 21336 22530 22980 23670 24594 25578
    2nd year in rank 3138 3138 3349 4300 5252 6327 7149 7515 8274 8895 9588 10278 11019 11823 12687 13779 14964 16386 17304 18153 18408 18813 19470 20328 21303 22497 22947 23634 24555 25536
    2nd year in rank with 15 years service 12279 13176 14310 15540 17016 17970 18852 19116 19536 20220 21111 22125 23364 23832 24546 25503 26523
    ROLE Stage 3 Stage 4 Stage 5
    07/11/2003 01/07/2004 01/07/2005 01/07/2006 01/10/2006 01/07/2007 01/07/2008
    Firefighter Annual Annual Annual Annual Annual Annual
    Trainee F601 18000 18756 19394 19918 19918 20396 20896
    Development F602 18750 19538 20202 20747 20747 21245 21766
    Competent F564 23959 25000 25850 26548 26548 27185 27851
    Competent +15yrs F609/F396 25990 26840 27538 27043 27185 27851
    Crew Manager
    Development F610 23790 25942 27163 28216 28216 28893 29601
    Competent F573/F402 24816 27061 28320 29433 29433 30139 30877
    Competent +15yrs F576/F405 28051 29310 30423 29928 30139 30877
    Watch Manager
    Development F611 25716 27907 29073 30070 30070 30792 31546
    Competent A F588 26430 28682 29875 30905 30905 31647 32422
    Competent A +15yrs F600/F429 29672 30865 31895 31400 31647 32422
    Competent B F603/F630 28773 30994 32048 32913 32913 33703 34529
  3. Numbers and categories of completed calculations sent to applicants to date,broken down by applicant category and month.
    Categories Dec-23 Jan-24 Feb-24 Mar-24 Apr-24 May-24 Jun-24 Jul-24 Aug-24 Grand Total
    Interested Not Interested Interested Not Interested Interested Not Interested Interested Not Interested Interested Not Interested Interested Not Interested Interested Not Interested Interested Not Interested Interested Not Interested
    Completed and sent out 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  4. Cost of purchasing historic service per £1000 of salary earned for each year from 1975 to 2008 inclusive of tax relief adjustment.
    Year Cost to purchase this year of service only
    1975 - 76 £742.08
    1976 - 77 £688.62
    1977 - 78 £644.55
    1978 - 79 £601.72
    1979 - 80 £578.95
    1980 - 81 £527.70
    1981 - 82 £500.10
    1982 - 83 £419.01
    1983 - 84 £406.79
    1984 - 85 £376.71
    1985 - 86 £347.41
    1986 - 87 £326.16
    1987 - 88 £311.12
    1988 - 89 £298.31
    1989 - 90 £277.58
    1990 - 91 £256.60
    1991 - 92 £235.57
    1992 - 93 £218.14
    1993 - 94 £205.78
    1994 - 95 £194.97
    1995 - 96 £184.29
    1996 - 97 £176.99
    1997 - 98 £170.24
    1998 - 99 £162.35
    1999 - 00 £156.29
    2000 - 01 £151.87
    2001 - 02 £146.41
    2002 - 03 £141.65
    2003 - 04 £137.67
    2004 - 05 £133.30
    2005 - 06 £129.31
    2006 - 07 £125.49
    2007 - 08 £121.28
  5. Interest rate to be applied for each year of payable pension arrears from 2006 to 2024.
    Answer: No information held
  6. Number of Expressions of Interest received requesting costs of converting FPS2006 membership to the Modified Pension Arrangements and how many have been completed and sent out.
    Answer: See question 1