National Fraud Initiative (NFI)
Along with other government organisations we take part in the NFI. Our pension records are checked against other national databases to ensure that our records of deceased members are accurate and similarly for those pensioners that have returned to teaching employment. These data matching exercises meet the requirements of Data Protection law and all data is securely transferred. Any wrongly paid pensions must be repaid. Where fraud is suspected, cases are referred to the police. We pursue prosecutions in such cases.
The NFI programme covers UK residents. If you reside outside of the UK you will be required to complete a periodic statement to confirm continuing entitlement to your pension.