PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Fire and Rescue Services: Pensions (10 March 2015)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on resolving the dispute over firefighters' pensions.
Asked by:
Bridget Phillipson (Labour)
Asked by:
Bridget Phillipson (Labour)
Answer
The Firefighters Pension Scheme 2015 will come into force on 1 April 2015.
The National Employers have agreed to work with the Fire Brigades Union to ensure that the fitness principles detailed in the Fire and Rescue National Framework, are incorporated into in local policies. The dispute should now come to an end.
Answered by:
Penny Mordaunt (Conservative)
16 March 2015
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