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United Kingdom

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Key definition

AFPS definition

What does AFPS mean? AFPS means the Armed Forces pension scheme, the statutory defined benefit pension arrangement for serving and former members of the UK regular armed forces, administered by Veterans UK for the Ministry of Defence. In practice, practitioners use AFPS to refer collectively to AFPS 75 and AFPS 05 (legacy final‑salary schemes) and AFPS 15 (a career average revalued earnings scheme). The schemes are established by regulations under UK public service pensions legislation and are not trust‑based. Key features include guaranteed pension accrual, early departure payments (EDP) for qualifying service, ill‑health and survivor benefits, revaluation of CARE benefits under AFPS 15, and...

Public sector pension schemes: features, contributions, benefits, normal pension ages and reforms under the Public Service Pensions Act 2013

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Practice notes

These are occupational arrangements for staff working in central or local government, a nationalised industry or other statutory bodies. They encompass pension schemes established by statute for:

armed forces (afps)
police
firefighters
civil service (CSPS)
teachers
local government (lgps)
National Health Service

Public sector pension schemes cover roughly 12 million people, including about 5 million active members. The LGPS in England and Wales is the largest public sector pension scheme.

Key features

Often termed unfunded—in essence, there is no pot built from past worker payments to meet current pensions; benefits are met by today’s employees and the employer (effectively the state) on a pay‑as‑you‑go basis
Most operate in deficit as contributions do not fully cover current pension outgoings, with the Treasury making up the shortfall
The LGPS is distinct as it holds underlying investments

Contributions

Contribution levels differ significantly between sectors and by scheme
There are numerous scheme variants even within a single employer—for example, there are...

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