Pension fund
The Local Government Pension Scheme is a tax-approved, occupational pension scheme. The benefits under the scheme are based on the length of your membership and your pay.
We have a pension fund which has produced high performance over a consistent period.
Pension scheme features include:
- a lump-sum cash payment if you die while in service
- valuable pension benefits to your spouse, partner and children
- a tiered ill-health retirement package
- the opportunity to take your pension from the age of 55 – 75, although your pension may be reduced should you take your pension before your individual state pension age
- an un-reduced pension from the age of 55 if you leave employment through redundancy or efficiency
- the option to reduce contributions and benefits by 50% in the 50/50 scheme
- the opportunity to buy additional scheme pension
- the option to make further additional contributions in to the Standard Life AVC
For more information and to log in to your own personal pensions account. Here you can update your personal details as well as run your own pension estimates using the retirement illustrator.
Contact
The West Yorkshire Pension Fund provides the day-to-day administration of the scheme. You should contact them for any administration queries. You can contact them:
- by post at the address below
- by email: pensions@wypf.org.uk
- by phone: 01274 434 999
London Borough of Hounslow Pension Fund
WYPF
PO Box 67
Bradford
BD1 1UP
