To ask the Minister of Finance how the McCloud ruling will impact on serving officers of the PSNI and the terms of their pension; and for an update on the results of the consultation entitle Public service pension schemes: Changes to the transitional arrangements to the 2015 schemes.

Under proposals to address unlawful age discrimination occurring since 2015, members of the Police Pension Scheme who were in service on or before 31 March 2012 and on or after 1 April 2015 will be able to choose to have scheme benefits accrued during the period 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2022 calculated under either the 2015 reformed scheme rules or those pertaining to their pre-2015 (legacy) scheme arrangement. To remove the discrimination for the future it is proposed that all members will accrue service from 1 April 2022 in the 2015 reformed scheme, which is of a career average design with a normal pension age of 60.

The consultation on this matter closed on 18 November 2020. Feedback is now being analysed and a response will be published in due course.