Is there anything else I need to know?
The EAPF has a range of measures in place to ensure that pensions are paid correctly and fraud is minimised. These include various database comparisons to highlight unreported deaths and the mailing of life certificates to groups of pensioners.
If you receive a life certificate you shouldn’t be alarmed, just complete and return it to Capita and your pension will be unaffected.
The EAPF has participated in the Cabinet Office’s biennial National Fraud Initiative (NFI) since 2004. It is a biennial data matching exercise designed to help public bodies detect erroneous payments from the public purse and compares our non‐financial pensioner data with registered deaths to identify pensions that are still being paid after the pensioner’s death. Capita and the EAPF investigate the results of these checks, making contact with relatives or representatives of deceased members as necessary.
The NFI protocols were agreed with the Information Commissioner to comply with Data Protection legislation. No financial information is disclosed, and the Cabinet Office ensures all submissions are destroyed in a controlled, secure environment at the end of each exercise. We’ll inform you before any information is used.
This is for information only – you don’t need to take any action.
Disclaimer - This guide isn’t intended to cover every personal circumstance, nor does it confer any contractual or statutory rights and is provided for information purposes only. In the event of any dispute over your pension benefits the appropriate legislation will prevail.
The EAPF is part of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) which is governed by the LGPS regulations.