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  • Past Members

    Your benefits

  • Increases for preserved benefits

    From the date you leave the section, your benefits are increased each year in April in line with inflation. You receive the increase when you receive your pension benefits.
    The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation figure for September 2010 was 3.1%. This will be the cost of living increase to your pension in April 2011.
    The table below shows the pensions increases for the previous ten years.
    April 2011 3.1%
    April 2010 0.0%*
    April 2009 5.0%*
    April 2008 3.9%*
    April 2007 3.6%*
    April 2006 2.7%*
    April 2005 3.1%*
    April 2004 2.8%*
    April 2003 1.7%*
    April 2002 1.7%*
    April 2001 3.3%*
    * Prior to April 2011 the pension was increased in line with the Retail Price Index (RPI).