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  • DB Members

    A guide to benefits

  • Your lump sum

    The lump sum you receive from the scheme will be tax free. This chart shows roughly what you would be entitled to take.

    Lump sum benefits

    Final average pay

    10 years membership

    20 years membership

    30 years membership

    40 years membership

    £10,000

    £2,500

    £5,000

    £7,500

    £10,000

    £12,000

    £3,000

    £6,000

    £9,000

    £12,000

    £15,000

    £3,750

    £7,500

    £11,250

    £15,000

    £18,000

    £4,500

    £9,000

    £13,500

    £18,000

    £21,000

    £5,250

    £10,500

    £15,750

    £21,000

    £25,000

    £6,250

    £12,500

    £18,750

    £25,000

    £30,000

    £7,500

    £15,000

    £22,500

    £30,000

    £35,000

    £8,750

    £17,500

    £26,250

    £35,000

    £40,000

    £10,000

    £20,000

    £30,000

    £40,000

    £45,000

    £11,250

    £22,500

    £33,750

    £45,000

    £50,000

    £14,149

    £28,298

    £42,447

    £56,596

    £55,000

    £14,149

    £28,298

    £42,447

    £56,596

    £60,000

    £14,149

    £28,298

    £42,447

    £56,596

    £65,000

    £14,149

    £28,298

    £42,447

    £56,596

    £70,000

    £14,149

    £28,298

    £42,447

    £56,596

    £75,000

    £14,149

    £28,298

    £42,447

    £56,596

    Important notes:

    • When you take your benefits you can choose to convert some or all of your lump sum into pension. Each £12 lump sum will buy £1 a year pension.
    • Some members get more benefits because their section of the scheme has increased benefits because of a surplus.
    • The highest pay your lump sum can be based on is 12 x the final average single person's basic State Pension , currently £56,596.80.
    • The tax laws limit the amount of lump sum and pension you can receive without incurring tax charges.
    • If you take your benefits before age 60 they are reduced.
    • If you have a restructuring premium your benefits are worked out differently. For more information download
      A guide for members - if your pay has been restructured (PM151)

    An example of how a member’s lump sum is worked out.

    • your final average pay is £25,000
    • your first final average restructuring premium is £6,000 and your second is £3,000 and
    • you have 30 years membership, 10 of which you have been getting your first restructuring premium and 5 of which you have been getting your second restructuring premium;

     Your lump sum will be:

    30     x      £25,000     =      £18,750
    40

     Plus, for your restructured membership:

    10   x      £6,000        =     £1,500
    40

    And

     5      x     £3,000        =     £375
    40

    As you have membership before 7 April 1991, the lump sum worked out for this period before 7 April 1991 is increased by 25%. If this was a 17 year period this would be worked out as:

    17      x       £25,000     x      25%      =      £2,656.25
    40

    Your total lump sum will be:

    £18,750    +    £1,500   +   £375   +   £2,656.25     =       £23,281.25