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Understanding your pension

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In this section

New joiners
  • Who can join?
  • The benefits of joining our scheme
  • Transferring in previous pension rights
Paying in
  • Paying less
  • Rejoining the scheme
  • Absent from work
  • Unpaid absences
Active member annual benefit statement
  • Understanding your annual benefit statement
Increasing your benefits
  • Additional voluntary contributions
  • Additional pension contributions
  • Extra life cover
  • Additional regular contributions and added years
Understanding your pension
  • How your pension is worked out
  • Changes in pay
  • Changes in hours
  • TUPE
  • When you can take your pension
  • Rule of 85
  • Annual allowance
  • Lump sum limits
  • Lifetime allowance
  • Death in service
Estimates
Retirement
  • Retirement planning
  • Voluntary retirement
  • Flexible retirement
  • Redundancy and business efficiency
  • Ill health
  • Active members retiring with AVCs
  • Lump sums and tax
  • The steps to receiving your pension benefits
Leaving before retirement
  • Refund of contributions
  • Opting out
  • Thinking about transferring out

My Pension Online

View your pension details and calculate your benefits.

My Pension Online
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Understanding your pension can sometimes be quite complicated, so we want you to easily find out the information you need.

In this section you'll find information covering the following topics:

  • how your pension is worked out
  • changes in pay
  • changes in hours
  • TUPE
  • the age at which you can take your pension
  • a guide to the ‘rule of 85’ protection
  • information about HMRC tax limits on your pension
  • death in service

Latest news

What's happening with Derbyshire Pension Fund and the LGPS.

Forms and guides

Helpful documents and forms for members of the pension scheme.

FAQs

Answers to common questions to help you quickly.

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County Hall, Matlock
Derbyshire, DE4 3AG

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"To deliver secure, accurate and efficient administration of the LGPS in Derbyshire, for the future of our members and employers."

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