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.
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:
Making Contact with the SPVA
Correspondence in relation to divorce or dissolution should be clearly headed as such and sent to the following address:
Pensions on Divorce Section
Mail Point 480
Kentigern House
65 Brown Street
Glasgow
G2 8EX
Tel (Civ): 0800 085 3600 (or outside UK phone 0044 141 224 3600)
Tel (Mil): 94560 3600
Monday to Friday 0700 - 1900
Fax(Civ): 0141 224 3586
Fax(Mil): 94561 3586
Email: JPAC@spva.mod.uk
Pension Forms
To download the relevant forms please follow the Related pages link to the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency web page.