Survivors' Benefits
The LGPS provides ongoing support for dependants of deferred members who die.
Survivor’s pensions may be payable to:
- A husband, wife or registered civil partner
- A cohabiting partner (if eligibility rules are met)
- Dependent children.
Amounts Payable
Spouse/civil partner/cohabiting partner:
- Pension based on 1/160th of final pensionable pay × membership.
Dependent children:
- Where a partner’s pension is also payable: 1/320 (for one child), 1/160 shared (for two or more)
- Where no partner’s pension is payable: 1/240 (for one child), 1/120 shared (for two or more).
Survivor’s pensions are payable for life if the member left after 1 April 1998. If they left before this date, pensions could cease if the survivor remarries.
