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INFORMATION PACKS FOR NEW MEMBERS

 
Shortly after you begin membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), your employer should send you a pack entitled ‘For New Members of the Local Government Pension Scheme.’ This contains important guidance about the Scheme and state benefits together with membership and nomination forms.
If you don’t receive this pack within 2 months of starting your membership of the Scheme, you should contact your employer. A pack can be obtained from your Pension Liaison Officer, who is normally based in either your Finance or Personnel department.
You can view the component parts of the pack by clicking below:

 
A Brief Guide to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
 APRIL 2012 (PDF, 24 pages, 1.90MB) Opens New Window
 
 
 
 
A practical booklet which describes the Scheme, the benefits payable on retirement as well as full information about the protection offered to your family in the event of your death.
 
Membership Form - LGP2
 JANUARY 2012 (PDF, 4 pages, 817KB) Opens New Window
 
 
 
 
This form needs to be completed and returned to your Payroll Section. It allows you to apply to combine your current membership with previous spells in the LGPS. Similarly, if you have ever paid into another pension scheme, you can apply to transfer into the LGPS. Both applications must be made within 12 months of joining.
 
The Death Grant Expression of Wish - LGP25
 JULY 2011 (PDF, 2 pages, 2.00MB) Opens New Window
 
 
 
 
This form gives you the opportunity to express your wish as to who would benefit from the payment of three years’ pay, should you die in service, or the balance of 10 years worth of your pension, should you die within 10 years of retiring.
 
The Cohabiting Partners Nomination Form - LGP25a
 JULY 2011 (PDF, 2 pages, 2.00MB) Opens New Window
 
 
 
 
If you are not married or part of a registered civil partnership, but currently living with a ‘partner’, you can, by completing the Cohabiting Partners Nomination for Survivor’s Pension form, name a ‘survivor’ who, in the event of your death and provided the required criteria are satisfied at the tie of your death, would be eligible to receive a Survivor’s Pension payable for life.
 
Increasing your Benefits
 APRIL 2012 (PDF, 2 pages, 1.21MB) Opens New Window
 
 
 
 
This leaflet outlines the number of options available to members wishing to increase their benefits via a pension arrangement.
 
Pensions - The Basics PTB1 (DWP)
 SEPTEMBER 2009 (PDF, 66 pages, 907KB) Opens New Window
 
 
 
 
This guide from the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) helps explain the state retirement pension, which is administered by the DWP, and is separate to the occupational pension we look after on your behalf.