2019 No. 1433

Pensions

The Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 2019

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the Pension Schemes Act 19931.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 2019 and comes into force on 1st January 2020.

The higher and lower revaluation percentages for each revaluation period2

For the purposes of paragraph 1 (the final salary method) of Schedule 3 (methods of revaluing accrued pension benefits) to the Pension Schemes Act 19932, for each revaluation period specified in an entry in column 1 of the table below—

a

the higher revaluation percentage is the percentage specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table; and

b

the lower revaluation percentage, if any, is the percentage specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 of that table.

Column 1

Revaluation period

Column 2

Higher revaluation percentage

Column 3

Lower revaluation percentage

1st January 1986 – 31st December 2019

181.7%

-

1st January 1987 – 31st December 2019

173.2%

-

1st January 1988 – 31st December 2019

162.2%

-

1st January 1989 – 31st December 2019

148.1%

-

1st January 1990 – 31st December 2019

130.6%

-

1st January 1991 – 31st December 2019

107.9%

-

1st January 1992 – 31st December 2019

99.7%

-

1st January 1993 – 31st December 2019

92.8%

-

1st January 1994 – 31st December 2019

89.4%

-

1st January 1995 – 31st December 2019

85.3%

-

1st January 1996 – 31st December 2019

78.3%

-

1st January 1997 – 31st December 2019

74.7%

-

1st January 1998 – 31st December 2019

68.6%

-

1st January 1999 – 31st December 2019

63.4%

-

1st January 2000 – 31st December 2019

61.6%

-

1st January 2001 – 31st December 2019

56.4%

-

1st January 2002 – 31st December 2019

53.8%

-

1st January 2003 – 31st December 2019

51.2%

-

1st January 2004 – 31st December 2019

47.1%

-

1st January 2005 – 31st December 2019

42.7%

-

1st January 2006 – 31st December 2019

39.0%

-

1st January 2007 – 31st December 2019

34.1%

-

1st January 2008 – 31st December 2019

29.1%

-

1st January 2009 – 31st December 2019

22.9%

22.9%

1st January 2010 – 31st December 2019

24.7%

24.7%

1st January 2011 – 31st December 2019

20.9%

20.9%

1st January 2012 – 31st December 2019

15.0%

15.0%

1st January 2013 – 31st December 2019

12.5%

12.5%

1st January 2014 – 31st December 2019

9.5%

9.5%

1st January 2015 – 31st December 2019

8.2%

8.2%

1st January 2016 – 31st December 2019

8.3%

8.3%

1st January 2017 – 31st December 2019

7.3%

7.3%

1st January 2018 – 31st December 2019

1st January 2019 – 31st December 2019

4.1%

1.7%

4.1%

1.7%

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Guy OppermanParliamentary Under-Secretary of StateDepartment for Work and Pensions
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 84 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48) requires pensions and other benefits under occupational pension schemes to be revalued by the final salary method (which is dealt with in Schedule 3 to that Act). For the purposes of that revaluation, and as required by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to that Act, this Order specifies the necessary revaluation percentages for the purpose of the revaluation on, or after, 1st January 2020 of benefits under occupational pension schemes. It is not necessary to specify a lower revaluation percentage for revaluation periods which start before 1st January 2009.

This Order amends an existing regulatory regime by a pre-determined formula, and the administrative impact of its implementation is negligible. A full impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.