Length of time taken to pay pension

Summary

A request was made to the Public Sector Pensions Authority for data on the time taken to pay police officers their lump sums and first pension payments over the last five years. The authority disclosed a detailed table containing the specific number of days elapsed for 48 individual cases between 2017 and 2022.

Key Facts

• The request covered police officer pension payments from April 2017 to August 2022.
• Lump sum payments are processed on Fridays only.
• First pension payments are made on the 1st of the month according to Police Pension regulations.
• Data was provided for 48 individual retirement cases.
• One case (Person 41) had no lump sum payment recorded (N/A).
• The longest recorded time for a lump sum payment was 31 days, and for a pension payment was 55 days.

Data Disclosed

• 2017-2022
• 48 cases
• 31 days
• 55 days
• 1 day
• N/A
• Friday
• 1st of the month
• 2556505
• 2022-08-19

Original Request

In the last 5 years how many days has it taken to pay police officers their 1) lump sum 2) first monthly payment from the date of retirement to the date the funds are received into the recipients bank account?

Data Tables (5)

Full Response Text

Chief Executive Officer Ian T Murray BCom (Hons), APMI 3rd Floor Prospect House 27-29 Prospect Hill Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 1ET E-mail: pensions@pspa.im Website: www.pspa.im

Our ref: 2556505 19 August 2022

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 30 July 2022, which states:

"In the last 5 years how many days has it taken to pay police officers their 1) lump sum 2) first monthly payment from the date of retirement to the date the funds are received into the recipients bank account?"

Response to your request I can confirm that the PSPA is able to collate from its records the information you require to provide you with a response within the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2015. Based on the information held by the PSPA up to the date of this letter the information you require is detailed in the table accompanying this letter. Please quote the reference number 2556505 in any future communications.

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On the table below we have listed:

1. The number of days that elapsed from the person’s retirement date to the date the Lump Sum was paid in to their bank account. Payments of Lump Sums are made on Friday’s only.
2. The number of days that elapsed from the persons retirement date to the date the first pension payment was received. Please note that in accordance with

Police Pension regulations pensions are paid in to bank accounts on the 1st of the month. Date 15th August 2022 FOI-Police Officers Pension Payment Information Last 5 Years 2017-2022 Person Retirement Year Number of Days to Pay Lump Sum Number of Days to Pay Pension 1 April-2017 March-2018 7 31 2 April-2017 March-2018 9 22 3 April-2017 March-2018 13 19 4 April-2017 March-2018 6 19 5 April-2017 March-2018 6 19 6 April-2017 March-2018 13 19 7 April-2017 March-2018 7 13 8 April-2017 March-2018 6 5 9 April-2017 March-2018 6 7 10 April-2017 March-2018 7 18 11 April-2017 March-2018 13 36 12 April-2017 March-2018 3 29 13 April-2017 March-2018 11 23 14 April-2017 17 37

Person Retirement Year Number of Days to Pay Lump Sum Number of Days to Pay Pension March-2018 15 April-2017 March-2018 7 5 16 April-2017 March-2018 12 32 17 April-2017 March-2018 6 15 18 April-2018 March-2019 6 3 19 April-2018 March-2019 17 27 20 April-2018 March-2019 10 27 21 April-2018 March-2019 10 27 22 April-2018 March-2019 6 4 23 April-2018 March-2019 6 4 24 April-2018 March-2019 1 8 25 April-2018 March-2019 4 4 26 April-2018 March-2019 7 3 27 April-2019 March-2020 3 19 28 April-2019 March-2020 3 19 29 April-2019 March-2020 3 19 30 April-2019 March-2020 4 25 31 April-2019 March-2020 5 14

Person Retirement Year Number of Days to Pay Lump Sum Number of Days to Pay Pension 32 April-2020 March-2021 25 49 33 April-2020 March-2021 17 22 34 April-2020 March-2021 12 32 35 April-2020 March-2021 17 32 36 April-2021 March-2022 2 6 37 April-2021 March-2022 9 1 38 April-2021 March-2022 9 29 39 April-2021 March-2022 19 42 40 April-2021 March-2022 20 32 41 April-2021 March-2022 N/A 32 42 April-2021 March-2022 5 9 43 April-2022 Aug-2022 9 18 44 April-2022 Aug-2022 23 49 45 April-2022 Aug-2022 27 55 46 April-2022 Aug-2022 13 18 47 April-2022 Aug-2022 3 1 48 April-2022 Aug-2022 31 31

Person Retirement Year Number of Days to Pay Lump Sum Number of Days to Pay Pension