Our summer retirement is the busiest time for members to retire and although we’ve had a high number of successful applications, there’s been an increase in cases needing to be revised. This is due to service and salary updates made by some of you after we’ve received the application.

We’d like to stress how important it is that for our retirement process to go smoothly, all correct information is presented at the time of the retirement application being submitted.

We advise you to read our factsheet (PDF, 68 KB) (This link opens in a new window)on how pensions are calculated to understand how we calculate retirement benefits and how you can help us get it right first time.