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Teachers’ Pension Scheme (PO-28634)

Complainant: Mrs D
Complaint Topic: Failure to provide information/act on instructions
Ref: PO-28634
Outcome: Not upheld
Respondent: Teachers' Pension
Type: Pension complaint or dispute
Date:

Ombudsman’s Determination

Outcome

I do not uphold Mrs D’s complaint and no further action is required by TP.

Complaint Summary

Mrs D’s complaint is that TP will not reinstate her widow’s pension now she is no longer living with her partner unless she can demonstrate that she is suffering financial hardship. Mrs D says that had she been aware of this, she would not have moved in with her partner in 2015.

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