Scottish Public Pensions Agency deadline for issuing Remediable Service Statements: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
SPPA have now repeatedly failed to meet deadlines for the issuing of RSS to retired officers in particular those that were forced in to the CARE pension during the remedy period.
1. Can I be provided with a copy of communications / reports provided to the pension regulator which set out the reasons for the delays and the robust plans that were being put in place to ensure the new deadline was met.
2. Can I be provided with the report for each of the deadlines breached, 31 March, 31 May and if one has been submitted for the deadline 31 July as the SPPA website now indicates retirees may receive a letter rather than a RSS by this deadline.
Response
1. Please see attached correspondence to The Pensions Regulator on 28 July 2025.
2. There has been no regulatory breach in relation to the statutory deadline for the provision of remediable service statements to members of the Police Pension Scheme.
The requirements for Remediable Service Statements are set out in Section 29 to the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022. Broadly, this requires that statements should be sent by 1 April 2025, described as “the relevant date”. However, Section 29(10(b) permits the scheme manager a discretion to provide remediable service statements at a later date where it considers it is reasonable to do so in the circumstances of any member or class of member.
With the agreement of the Pensions Regulator, SPPA has applied this discretion for the four devolved schemes under its management. The revised dates applied by SPPA in exercising of this discretion are set out on our website at the following link: 2025- 05_Police_Circular_McCloud_Remedy_administration_–_Remediable_Service_Statements.pdf
If the statements are not issued to members by the new target, then SPPA will consider the materiality of that breach and our requirement to report it to the Pensions Regulator.
As there has been no regulatory breach in this matter, no reports have been submitted to the Pensions Regulator from SPPA, as we have not passed any active deadline.
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