Pensioners and Dependants

This section of the website provides information for those receiving a pension (pensioners), or for people drawing a survivor pension and/or child allowance, as a widow, widower, surviving partner or dependant child of a member (Dependants).

The following Guide provides detailed information and guidance for Pensioners (and their Dependants) who retired after 1 April 2008.

Please inform us of any changes to any of the following details:

We would need to know as far as possible in advance of the next payment date. Usually we would stop inputting changes onto our payroll system approximately two weeks before the stated payday.

We can only accept changes of bank or building society details in writing and your normal signature will be required to authenticate the change.

Please remember to quote your pension reference number or your national insurance number on all correspondence, to enable us to trace you on our payroll system.

Each year we increase pensions in line with the Pensions Increase (Review) Order (Northern Ireland). The increase applies to whether you are a Scheme pensioner or a dependant in receipt of a pension. The only exception is if you are a pensioner under age 55 and you did not retire through ill health.

The annual increase in the Scheme pension is the same increase as applies to the state retirement pension and other social security benefits.

The rate of pension increase from 6 April 2009 is 5%.

If you have not been on pension a full year, then you will not get a full year's increase. For example, if you retired on 23 September 2008 you will get an increase of 2.5%.