It’s important we’re kept up-to-date if your circumstances change, or you may miss a payment - or receive too much, which you’ll have to pay back.
If any of the following circumstances change, you have to let us know in writing as soon as possible. You can find our address on the Contact Us page of this site.
Change of address
If you change your address, you must let us know. This includes moving abroad - we will send all communications to you overseas if necessary.
If you go in to hospital, you might want a close relative to receive any communications regarding your pension. You should let us know in writing the name and address of the relative you’d like us to contact on your behalf.
Change of bank details
If you change your bank account, you should let us know immediately in writing. You must sign the letter - we need your signature to authorise this change.
If you move abroad and no longer want your pension paid into a UK bank account, we can pay direct into an overseas account. Please contact the Pension Payroll team for more information.
Marriage, civil partnerships and divorce
You should let us know if you get married or enter a civil partnership, as your partner may be eligible to receive benefits should you die. If you get married or enter a civil partnership, any form you’ve sent us in the past nominating someone to receive your death grant will cease to apply, so send in a new version. You can download a Nomination Form.
If you get divorced or your civil partnership is dissolved, your ex-partner will cease to be eligible for widow’s, widower’s, or civil partner’s pension. However, they may still be nominated to receive any death grant due, so submit a new nomination form to let us know your wishes.
Children’s pensions are not affected by divorce or dissolution.
Re-employment
You must inform us immediately if you become re-employed by local government or another member of the Local Government Pension scheme, whether you rejoin the LGPS or not.
If you retired through redundancy or in the interest of the efficiency of the service, the extra years’ service added to your pension may be reduced if you work for local government.
You can re-join the Local Government Pension Scheme and build up a new period of membership and benefits.
If your new employer is outside local government, your pension will not be affected.
More information
You can download A Guide to the Local Government Pension Scheme, with full details of all the features and how to take advantage of them, to print out and read when you want. If you would rather receive a copy by post, contact us.
If you’ve got further questions, visit the pensioner member frequently asked questions page of this site.