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.

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We are currently testing new online services for Police and Fire members and pensioners and will be launching a pilot service for these members very soon.

Our new online services for all members will feature calculators that don't need to be downloaded and will work on any device.

 

Latest News

Annual Allowance 2018-19

10/07/19

Your guide to Annual Allowance provisions for the 2018/19 tax year (for General Medical Practitioners 2017/2018 tax year) The amount of tax relief…

Changes to Survivor Benefits

02/07/19

SPPA is undertaking an exercise to identify any pensions paid to survivors of same sex marriages or civil partnerships and review those where the…

UK Government appeal rejected by Supreme Court

28/06/19

Scottish Ministers respect the decision of the Supreme Court to refuse the UK Government’s appeal in the McCloud and Sargeant cases. Occupational…

Mixed Sex Civil Partnerships

26/06/19

The Scottish Government announced on 25 June 2019 that it will introduce legislation both in the Scottish and UK Parliaments that will extend the…