Scottish Public Pensions Agency - queries regarding Remedial Service Statements for firefighter pensions: FOI release

Information requested

The following request for information pertains to firefighter pensions.

1) In regard to the Sargeant judgment how many RSSs were identified as needing to be calculated in total?

2) Can you break down the total RSSs, which needed to be calculated, into specific categories?

3) In regard to issuing Remediable Service Statements, pertaining to the Sargeant judgment, how many RSSs have been issued from the beginning and up to and including 31st March 2026?

4) Can you break down the total of RSSs issued during this period into categories?

5) How many Remediable Service Statements are still outstanding?

6) Can you break down the outstanding RSS numbers into categories?

Response

1) 1867 in total

2) Protected - 1354, Tapered - 370, Unprotected - 77, Deceased members - 77

3) 1037 RSS had been issued up to and including 31 March 2026

4) Only Protected members RSS have been issued (please see figure above in Q2)

5) As at 7 April 2026, there are 744 remaining

6) As at 7 April 2026:
Deceased/Ill Health RSS are unissued.
Protected- approx. 330 still to be issued
Tapered/Unprotected Approx. 70 issued and 350 remain to be issued

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