BENEFITS FOR REGISTERED CIVIL PARTNERS
If your registered civil partner died as an active member of the Scheme, as a deferred member, or while in receipt of his pension, as their surviving widow you will be entitled to a survivor's pension.
If your registered civil partner died as an active member of the Scheme, as a deferred member, or while in receipt of his pension, as their surviving widow you will be entitled to a survivor's pension.
However the amount of pension payable depends on whether your civil partner died:
- in service
- as a deferred member
- as a pensioner
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A pension for your same-sex partner is only automatically payable if you have registered your civil partnership.
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If your registered civil partner died in service
If your civil partner died as an active contributing member of the Scheme, you would receive:
 Deceased's Final Pay x Total Membership from
6 April 1988 x 1/160
= Annual Survivor's Pension
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*This is the total membership the deceased would have had if they had retired on Tier 1 ill-health grounds on the day they died.
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If your registered civil partner died as a Deferred Member
A deferred benefit means that your civil partner was once a member of LGPS but no longer paid into it when they died and chose to leave their contributions in the Scheme.
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Deceased's Final Pay x Total Membership from
6 April 1988 x 1/160
= Annual Survivor's Pension
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If your registered civil partner died as a Pensioner
If your civil partner died in retirement, you would receive:
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Deceased's Final Pay x Total Membership from
6 April 1988 x 1/160
= Annual Survivor's Pension
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