Booklets

Armed Forces Redundancy Schemes 2006 and 2010

There are two different redundancy schemes available to members of the Regular Armed Forces.

Those who are members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 1975 are eligible for compensation under the Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme 2010 (AFRS 2010).

Those who are members of the Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2005 are eligible for compensation under the Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme 2006 (AFRS 06).

Those who have opted out of AFPS 75 or AFPS 05 in favour of their own private pension arrangement are eligible for compensation under the Armed Forces Redundancy Scheme 2006 (AFRS 06).

Date: 22 Jul 10

Glossary of pension terms - AFPS 75 and AFPS 05

A useful glossary to pension terms for both AFPS 75 and AFPS 05.

Date: 31 May 07

Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP) - Error In Calculation

The Service Personnel and Veterans Agency (SPVA) is sorry to have to inform Veteran Customers that an error has been identified in respect of a small proportion of Armed Forces Pension Scheme 75 (AFPS 75) pension payments.  Please see the attachment below for further information.

Date: 16 Dec 08

Increasing Benefits

This revised booklet provides a straightforward guide to the options available for increasingyour benefits under AFPS 75, AFPS 05 and the Reserve Forces Pension Scheme(RFPS).
Published May 2008.

Date: 4 Aug 08

Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure

Booklet on Internal Dispute Resolution Procedure applicable to AFPS 75, AFPS 05 and RFPS

Date: 20 Sep 06

Pensions on Divorce and Dissolution of Civil Partnerships

ANNOUNCEMENT - Since HM Treasury reissued its guidance, it is necessary for SPVA to temporarily stop processing any applications relating to Divorce (including pension sharing orders) and Transfers received after 25 October 2011.  See Related Pages for further information about the suspension of factors used in these calculations and the interim arrangements.

The information contained on this page is only a guide. You are advised to seek independent legal advice regarding the best options available when looking at financial provisions as a result of a divorce / dissolution.

The information provided here does not give a full explanation of the relevant pension scheme rules, or the law in relation to pension on divorce / dissolution. If there are any differences between the pension scheme rules and an explanation given on this web site, then the scheme rules will take precedence.

See Related pages (under Summary of Options) for information about:

• Powers of the Court
• Attachment Orders
• Pension Sharing and how it works
• Pension Sharing charges
• Pension sharing in Scotland
• Cash Equivalent Transfer Evaluations

The main features of pension sharing and its administrative treatment within the rules of the Armed Forces Pension Schemes and Reserve Forces Pensions Schemes are explained in the following linked documents:

Date: 14 Jul 10

MMP/116 Re-Employment

The purpose of this booklet is to explain the effect of re-employment on the benefits you may have received when you left the Armed Forces, including preserved benefits, and to explain where you can get further information.

Date: 1 May 09

Gurkha Pension and Redundancy Calculators

Pension Calculator

The Gurkha Pension Calculator below gives a forecast of benefits for members of AFPS 75 or AFPS 05 who transferred as part of the serving Gurkha Offer To Transfer (GOTT).  All officers, and those soldiers who joined as part of the 1993 intake and earlier, were given a service credit.  This calculator will adjust the pensionable service to take into account any service credit received.

Redundancy Calculator

This is to be used in conjunction with DSPS(A)'s letter reference DSPS(A) 4.5.23 dated 15 April 2011. 

Gurkha soldiers and Late Entry officers selected for redundancy are entitled to receive a lump sum in compensation for shortening their career as well as other terminal and retirement benefits.

However, the entitlement of Gurkha Late Entry officers, who joined the Army before 1 Jul 97, and Gurkhas soldiers, who joined the Army before 1 Oct 93, to redundancy compensation is affected by the terms and conditions of the Gurkha Offer to Transfer (GOTT), which means that the Armed Forces Redundancy Calculator (AFRC) will not produce an accurate forecast. In these cases, Gurkhas must use the Gurkha Pension Calculator (GPC) to produce a forecast of the parts of their redundancy package which the AFRC cannot calculate correctly and then, in some cases, apply a manual workaround.

Date: 27 Sep 07

Transferring benefits

Booklet on transferring benefits applicable to AFPS 75, AFPS 05 and RFPS

Date: 20 Sep 06