Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will hold discussions with Cabinet colleagues on setting a timetable for amending the rules on entitlement to a Widow’s or Widower’s Pension for people who remarry.

There are currently no plans to amend existing rules regarding the treatment of survivor pensions upon remarriage in public service pension schemes (PSPS). While some PSPS include provisions for ceasing the payment of survivor pensions upon remarriage, these have been removed in reformed PSPS introduced from 2015.