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Local Government Pension Scheme (CAS-105807-L9W0)

Complainant: Mrs K
Complaint Topic: Death benefits
Ref: CAS-105807-L9W0
Outcome: Not upheld
Respondent: Lancashire County Council (LCC)
Local Pensions Partnership Administration (LPPA)
Type: Pension complaint or dispute
Date:
Appeal: No

Ombudsman’s Determination

Outcome

  1. I do not uphold Mrs K’s complaint and no further action is required by LCC or LPPA. 

Complaint summary

  1. Mrs K’s complaint concerns her widow’s pension entitlement from the Scheme, following the death of her late husband, Mr K, on 12 April 2020. Mr K had been a pensioner member of the Scheme prior to his death.

  2. Mrs K has asserted that LCC’s approach to the calculation of her pension has discriminated against her, because she married Mr K at a later stage in life.

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