What we do

The Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) administers pensions on behalf of the Scottish Government for Teachers, the Police and Firefighters as well as for employees of the National Health Service in Scotland.

SPPA also provides policy advice to Scottish Ministers on public sector pension issues and is responsible for developing the regulations for Scotland’s Local Government Pension Scheme – and for determining any appeals made by its members. SPPA also provides a pension calculation service for the Legal Aid (Scotland) Pension Scheme and the Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme.

We're keen to hear your views via our Member Survey.

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SPPA Website Feedback

Since the new SPPA Website launched on the 11th June we’ve received a lot of useful feedback and a couple of common themes are emerging:

1 – Lack of online services for Police and Fire Members

2 – Issues with calculators not working

The good news is that we’re currently testing new online services for Police and Fire members and will be launching a pilot service for those members very soon.

On the calculators, we’re well aware that downloading Excel calculators doesn’t always work for everyone. Again, our new online services will feature calculators that don’t need to be downloaded and will work on any device.

In the meantime, please continue to provide feedback and thanks to everyone who has taken to the time to comment so far.

Latest News

Annual Benefit Statement 2019

12/06/19

NHS and Teacher Members  SPPA is currently working on a bulk exercise to produce Annual Benefit Statements (ABS) for all eligible members for the…

Tax Rates 2019/20

09/04/19

For 2019 to 2020 the basic Personal Allowance will be £12,500 per year. Scottish Income Tax rates   This table shows the Scottish Income Tax rates…

EU Exit

18/03/19

There remains uncertainty about the UK withdrawal from the European Union. While clarity around how and if this will happen is still needed, we…

Scottish Teachers’ Pension Scheme - Late Change to Employer Contribution Increase

18/03/19

Following the latest scheme valuation, the employer contribution rate for the Scottish Teachers' pension scheme was set to increase from the current…