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Employer Pension Notices (EPN) archive

These notices keep employers up to date with changes and clarifications to Civil Service pension and compensation arrangements. These EPNs which have been superseded or incorporated into the Employers' pension guide.

EPNNo

Date issued

Subject

EPN172 [PDF 562KB] April 2007
nuvos, the pension scheme for new entrants starting from 1 July 2007 – recruitment actions

Important information!

EPN147  [PDF 103KB]

September 2006 Medical advice contract

EPN139 [PDF 46KB]

February 2006

2005-06 Pension Contributions

EPN138 [PDF 43KB]

February 2006

Deadline for advising Authorised Pension Administration Centres (APACs) of early departures in 2005-06

EPN130 [PDF 51KB]

October 2005

New starter packs

EPN125 [PDF 28KB]

May 2005

Paying Contributions Equivalent Premia (CEPs)

EPN124 [PDF 56KB]

May 2005

Setting off compensation payments against a subsequent award of Ill Health pension

EPN123 [PDF 65KB]

April 2005

Early departure: qualifying service information, timing of the recovery of costs and computerised bills

EPN122 [PDF 22KB]

April 2005

Departmental Resource Accounts Disclosure of salary and pension information for 2004-05

Correction

EPN121 [PDF 48KB]

March 2005

Increase in the Pensions Earnings Cap 2005/06

EPN120 [PDF 48KB]

March 2005

Civil Service Pension and Compensation Arrangements - Medical Advice Contract

EPN119 [PDF 39KB]

February 2005

2004-05 Pension Contributions

EPN118 [PDF 59KB]

February 2005

Partnership Pension Account Workshops

EPN116 [PDF 23KB]

January 2005

Early departure bills

EPN115 [PDF 43KB]

January 2005

Recovery of debts from Civil service pension benefits or compensation benefits

EPN109 [PDF 42KB]

12/10/04

Equitable Life and the Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contributions (CSAVC) Scheme

EPN107 [PDF 65KB]

05/10/04

Revised actuarial factors for the PCSPS and CSCS: costs of early retirement benefits

EPN106 [PDF 22KB]

27/09/04

Pensions communication strategy: network representatives and launch meetings

EPN105 [PDF 27KB]

16/09/04

Communicating pensions information

EPN104 [PDF 28KB]

23/08/04

Compensation terms for redundancy

EPN103 [PDF 19KB]

09/08/04

Partnership pension account: transmitting data from payroll provider to pension provider

EPN102 [PDF 21KB]

22/07/04

Accruing Superannuation Liability Charges (ASLCs)

EPN101 [PDF 39KB]

28/05/04

Employer Payroll Interface and Payroll Migration

Employer Payroll Interface and Payroll Migration Workshops

EPN100 [PDF 23KB]

25/05/04

Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contributions Scheme: Reopening of the Scottish Widows Unit Linked Life and Pension Property Funds to new investors

EPN99 [PDF 57KB]

28/04/04

Pay Delegation : Guidance Note 35 (2004) - Pension Issues

EPN98 [PDF 28KB]

26/04/04

Finding an APAC Guidance and model Invitation to Tender
EPG Section 2.3
Statement of Service Requirements and Invitation to Tender (ITT)

EPN97 [PDF 90KB]

26/04/04

Medical Advice Contract

EPN95 [PDF 20KB]

13/04/04

Increase in the Pensions Earnings Cap

EPN93 [PDF 21KB]

23/03/04

Standard Life and Scottish Widows: Bonus Announcements

Model office notice

EPN92 [PDF 85KB]

22/03/04

Department Resource Accounts: Disclosure of Salary and Pension Information for 2003-04

Supplement

EPN90 [PDF 82KB]

04/03/04

Employing people who are already in receipt of a Civil Service Pension

EPN89 [PDF 21KB]

18/02/04

Age limits for applying to transfer pension benefits into the PCSPS

EPN88 [PDF 25KB]

17/02/04

2003-04 Pension Contributions

EPN87 [PDF 29KB]

26/01/04

Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contribution Scheme: communicating with members

EPN86 [PDF 22KB]

23/01/04

Standard Life's recent announcement

EPN85 [PDF 23KB]

12/01/04

Medical advice Contact

EPN84 [PDF 29KB]

30/12/03

Partnership pension account: AMP NPI

EPN83 [PDF 31KB]

23/12/03

Partnership Pension Account: employer and payroll code numbers.

EPN81 [PDF 29KB]

13/11/03

Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contributions (CSAVC) Scheme - Equitable Life

EPN80 [PDF 27KB]

21/10/03

Payment of employer and employee contributions

EPN79 [PDF 14KB]

30/09/03

Civil Service Compensation Scheme - Early retirements

EPN78 [PDF 24KB]

22/09/03

Civil Service Injury Benefit Scheme Training Event

Booking form

EPN76 [PDF 21KB]

18/09/03

New contact details for Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation

EPN75 [PDF 22KB]

03/09/03

Information and sources of guidance for employers

EPN74 [PDF 141KB]

03/09/03

Medical Guidance Notes

EPN73 [PDF 25KB]

02/09/03

Retrospective admission of part-timers to the PCSPS - Invitation to Employer Workshops

EPN72 [PDF 30KB]

04/08/03

Compulsory Staff Transfers into and out of PCSPS

EPN68 [PDF 21KB]

09/06/03

Partner's pensions in premium and classic plus

EPN67 [PDF 23KB]

16/05/03

Annual Benefit Statements
- Partnership Pension Account
- Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contribution (CSAVC) Scheme
- The Designated Stakeholder Scheme

EPN66 [PDF 48KB]

13/05/03

Partnership pension account

EPN65 [PDF 19KB]

02/05/03

Distribution arrangements for Rules Reprint

EPN64 [PDF 39KB]

30/04/03

Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contribution (CSAVC) Scheme: Scottish Widows

EPN63 [PDF 34KB]

28/04/03

PCSPS health standard - exclusion of certain members of the premium and partnership schemes from the ill-health retirement provisions. See PC73 Health declarations on admission to the scheme and PC126 Revised health declaration procedures

EPN62 [PDF 25KB]

16/04/03

New scheme new entrant procedures (7) - letter of appointment text.

EPN61 [PDF 15KB]

14/04/03

Transfers between employments covered by Civil Service pension arrangements and employments which have pension schemes by analogy to those arrangements.

EPN60 [PDF 33KB]

11/04/03

Departmental Resource Accounts: Disclosure of Salary and Pension Information

EPN59 [PDF 64KB]

09/04/03

Appointment of actuarial advisers

EPN58 [PDF 44KB]

8/4/03

Pension Scheme recruitment, retention and exit flexibilities

EPN57 [PDF 19KB]

4/4/03

Increase in the Pensions Earning Cap

EPN56 [PDF 31KB]

3/4/03

Revised Contact Details for CSPD

EPN55 [PDF 12KB]

27/3/03

Options Exercise - Completion (Update)

EPN54 [PDF 43KB]

26/3/03

Staff transfers between employers within the Civil Service Pension arrangements where there is a change of APAC

EPN53 [PDF 18KB]

25/3/03

'Formal' Retirement

EPN52 [PDF 51KB]

18/3/03

Distribution of scheme member material

EPN51 [PDF 23KB]

05/03/03

Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contribution (CSAVC) Scheme and Stakeholder Pensions

EPN50 [PDF 22KB]

04/03/03

FRS17 disclosure of Principle Civil Service Pension Scheme employer contributions for 2002-03

EPN48 [PDF 19KB]

20/02/03

Purchase of added years by lump sum on return from certain overseas organisations

EPN46 [PDF 10KB]

17/02/03

Pensions and Divorce

EPN45 [PDF 31KB]

12/02/03

Medical Advice Contract
Annex A: Changes to Schedule 3 of the Medical Contract

EPN44 [PDF 42KB]

4/2/03

Options Exercise - Completion

EPN42 [PDF 382KB]

29/1/03

Employers' pension guide - Actuarial tables for early leavers
CSCS Actuarial tables

EPN41 [PDF 22KB]

29/1/03

Stakeholder Pensions

EPN40 [PDF 570KB]

20/12/02

Medical advice contract

  • Referral covering sheet
  • Health standard referral checklist
  • Ill-health retirement referral checklist
  • Ill-health retirement appeal checklist
  • Early payment of preserved award on medical grounds referral checklist
  • Injury benefit referral checklist
  • GS201a BMI Occupational Health Referral form
  • Medical retirement application form

EPN38 [PDF 40KB]

17/12/02

Pension contributions for those failing the health standard

EPN37 [PDF 42KB]

5/12/02

New Scheme New Entrant Procedures (6) : PensionChoices forms

EPN35 [PDF 21KB]

12/11/02

Civil Service Pensions Website

EPN34 [PDF 40KB]

8/11/02

Accruing Superannuation Liability Charges (ASLCs)

EPN33 [PDF 290KB]

4/11/02

Partnership pension account
Annex A employer checklist
Annex B New Entrant Schedule
Annex C Partnership pension account providers' postal & e-mail addresses
Annex D Payroll workshops - Questions and Answers
Annex E Request for refund
Annex F Change of contributions

EPN32 [PDF 157KB]

23/10/02

New scheme New entrant procedures (5)
Annex B PENSIONS QUESTIONNAIRE FOR NEW ENTRANTS
Annex C INTERPRETING THE ANSWERS

EPN31 [PDF 24KB]

9/10/02

Contact details for Capita Hartshead

EPN30 [PDF 81KB]

4/10/02

Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contribution Scheme: Standard life

EPN29 [PDF 35KB]

30/9/02

Re-imbursement of Contributions Equivalent Premia (CEPs)

EPN28 [PDF 19KB]

30/9/02

Pensions leaflets for prospective employees

EPN27 [PDF 35KB]

27/9/02

Contributions payable under the classic plus and premium schemes

EPN26 [PDF 296KB]

27/9/02

New scheme new entrant procedures (4)
Flowchart Which pension pack does a new entrant get?

EPN25 [PDF 71KB]

20/9/02

New scheme New entrant procedures (3)

EPN24 [PDF 26KB]

12/9/02

Introduction of Employers' Pensions Guide

EPN23 [PDF 117KB]

10/9/02

Procedures for requesting despatch of New Entrant Starter Packs from Linney Direct for staff starting work on or after 1 October 2002.
Annex 1 Instructions on completing the despatch request form (DRF1) and the spreadsheet
DRF1 New Entrant Starter Pack - Despatch Request Form
Bulk Requests spreadsheet New Entrant Starter Pack - Despatch Request Form

EPN22 [PDF 23KB]

9/9/02

Civil Service Pensions website

EPN21 [PDF 52KB]

9/9/02

New Scheme New entrant procedure (2)

EPN20 [PDF 43KB]

6/9/02

PCSPS options exercise: refunds of certain widows'/widowers' pension contributions.

EPN19 [PDF 32KB]

27/8/02

Retrospective Admission of Part-time Staff to Occupational Pension Schemes - DWP Leaflet for claimants (Preston judgement)

EPN18 [PDF 56KB]

23/8/02

Partnership pension account: employer and payroll code numbers.

EPN17 [PDF 19KB]

9/8/02

Responsibility for making changes to support new Civil Service pension arrangements.

EPN16 [PDF 44KB]

6/8/02

Civil Service Pension Scheme - Medical Advice Contract

EPN14 [PDF 32KB]

30/7/02

Transfer of the pensioner payroll service to Capita Hartshead.

EPN13 [PDF 93KB] 30/07/02 New scheme new entrant procedure
EPN12 [PDF 41KB] 24/07/02 Pensions Treatment of Fixed Term Casual and fee paid staff
EPN11 [PDF 30KB] 23/07/02 Options Exercise Update
EPN10 [PDF 16KB] 11/07/02 Personal Pension forecasts - Reissue
EPN9 [PDF 51KB]

01/07/02

29/5/03

Departmental Resource Accounts: Disclosure of Salary & Pension Information

Addendum

EPN8 [PDF 26KB] 27/05/02

Partnership pension account: impact on payroll

Appendix 1 to Annex B Partnership payment schedule

EPN7 [PDF 17KB] 25/05/02 Introduction of New Entrant 'Starter Pack'
EPN6 [PDF 13KB] 24/05/02 FRS17 disclosure of Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme employer contributions for 2001-02
EPN5 [PDF 42KB] 20/05/02 Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contributions (CSAVC) Scheme: Equitable Life
EPN4 [PDF 325KB] 09/05/02

Retention of Personnel Records for Pension Purposes

Annex A DEO(98)(1) Retention of Personnel Records for Pension Purposes

EPN3 [PDF 19KB] 19/04/02 Increase in the pensions earnings cap
EPN2 [PDF 23KB] 17/04/02 Stakeholder Pensions - 'Designated' and 'concurrency' arrangements
EPN1 [PDF 31KB] 28/03/02 Payroll changes arising from the introduction of the new Civil Service pension arrangements