2021 No. 1308
Pensions

The Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 2021

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the Pension Schemes Act 19931.

Citation, commencement and extent1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 2021 and comes into force on 1st January 2022.

(2)

This Order extends to England and Wales and Scotland.

The higher and lower revaluation percentages for each revaluation period2.

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

(a)

the higher revaluation percentage3 is the percentage specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of that table; and

(b)

the lower revaluation percentage4, 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 2021

191.9%

-

1st January 1987 - 31st December 2021

183.1%

-

1st January 1988 - 31st December 2021

171.7%

-

1st January 1989 - 31st December 2021

157.1%

-

1st January 1990 - 31st December 2021

138.9%

-

1st January 1991 - 31st December 2021

115.4%

-

1st January 1992 - 31st December 2021

106.9%

-

1st January 1993 - 31st December 2021

99.7%

-

1st January 1994 - 31st December 2021

96.2%

-

1st January 1995 - 31st December 2021

92.0%

-

1st January 1996 - 31st December 2021

84.8%

-

1st January 1997 - 31st December 2021

81.0%

-

1st January 1998 - 31st December 2021

74.7%

-

1st January 1999 - 31st December 2021

69.3%

-

1st January 2000 - 31st December 2021

67.4%

-

1st January 2001 - 31st December 2021

62.1%

-

1st January 2002 - 31st December 2021

59.4%

-

1st January 2003 - 31st December 2021

56.7%

-

1st January 2004 - 31st December 2021

52.4%

-

1st January 2005 - 31st December 2021

47.9%

-

1st January 2006 - 31st December 2021

44.0%

-

1st January 2007 - 31st December 2021

39.0%

-

1st January 2008 - 31st December 2021

33.8%

-

1st January 2009 - 31st December 2021

27.4%

27.4%

1st January 2010 - 31st December 2021

29.2%

29.2%

1st January 2011 - 31st December 2021

25.3%

25.3%

1st January 2012 - 31st December 2021

19.1%

19.1%

1st January 2013 - 31st December 2021

16.6%

16.6%

1st January 2014 - 31st December 2021

13.5%

13.5%

1st January 2015 - 31st December 2021

12.1%

12.1%

1st January 2016 - 31st December 2021

12.3%

12.3%

1st January 2017 - 31st December 2021

11.1%

11.1%

1st January 2018 - 31st December 2021

7.9%

7.9%

1st January 2019 - 31st December 2021

5.4%

5.4%

1st January 2020 - 31st December 2021

3.6%

3.6%

1st January 2021 - 31st December 2021

3.1%

2.5%

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

Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department 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 certain 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 purpose of the revaluation of benefits payable to or in respect of persons who attain their scheme’s normal pension age in 2022, and as required by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to that Act, this Order specifies the necessary revaluation percentages for each of the revaluation periods between 1st January 1986 and 31st December 2021. 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.