Letter to MHCLG re: Shared Cost Additional Pension Contributions (SCAPCs)

The Board Secretariat has recently written to MHCLG officials to ask for a review of the actuarial factors and regulations surrounding SCAPC’s. This was one of the first recommendations of the Gender Pensions Gap working group and approved by the Board when it met in July 2024. It is thought that the current regulations may impact those with caring responsibilities (predominantly female members) who may lose pension when they have to take occasional days or weeks as authorised unpaid leave. The letter asks that the rules around buying back pension during unpaid authorised leave should be made easier to understand and more flexible to implement.