The House of Commons Library has released a briefing paper on Public Service Pensions. The aim of the paper is to provide the facts and figures on public service pensions and sources of additional information.
In it you will find details of: Background of each scheme; Trends in public and private sector pension schemes; Pension benefit reforms; How are pensions funded; Estimates of costs and liabilities; Members; and where to find information
Interesting to see the latest available membership figures (March 2020) for the Armed Forces Pension Schemes show that there are:
298,760 Active Members
519,763 Deferred Members
442,954 Pensions in Payment
You can read the full report here
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