Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for her Department's policies of firefighters' public pension scheme managers extending the deadline to issue Remediable Service Statements past the original deadline of 31 March 2025.

A Remediable Service Statement sets out the benefits options available to members of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme in order to remedy the discrimination found in McCloud. Delivery is managed locally by Fire and Rescue Authorities (FRAs), who may decide to extend the deadline beyond March 2025 in certain specific circumstances. Where an FRA has made such a decision, members may have to wait longer to receive the necessary information to make a decision regarding which pension benefits they wish to receive.