You can bring previous pension rights from schemes in the Public Sector Transfer Club into LPF. Your former scheme can tell you if they're part of the Transfer Club or see the list on the Civil Service Pension Scheme website.
It’s important to note that you have only 12 months from your date of joining to make an election in writing to Lothian Pension Fund that you wish to proceed with a public sector transfer. The process to transfer in previous pension rights can take several months. A request for an estimate is not regarded as an election to proceed.
Some of the schemes who participate are:
The Fund doesn’t accept transfers from personal pensions, stakeholder pensions, pension credits from pension sharing orders or schemes not in the Public Sector Transfer Club.
If you'd like to transfer in to Lothian Pension Fund download the Transfer In form.
You can only transfer your benefits to a new scheme if you are no longer paying in. Find out how to transfer out in the Deferred Members section.
The LGPS can only accept transfers from other public sector schemes (i.e. local councils schemes in Great Britain, the Civil Service, the Health Service, the Teachers' pension scheme, the Police and Fire schemes and Armed Forces schemes etc). We can no longer accept transfers in from personal pension policies, including stakeholder plans, or from non-club schemes.
If you have pension rights with a Public Sector Scheme, transfer requests require to be made within 12 months of joining the LGPS.
If you meet the above criteria and wish to apply to transfer a previous pension from a Club Scheme, download and complete a transfer form. The form is also available within your welcome pack which can be found on our My Pension online facility.