How your Pension is paid

Your Annual Pension will be paid into your chosen Bank or Building Society Account in 12 monthly instalments. Pensions are normally paid on the 9th or the 22nd of each month and where the 9th or the 22nd is a Saturday or Sunday payment will be made on the Friday before. New pensioners will be paid on the 22nd.

A list of the pension pay dates are listed opposite.

We will send you your first pension pay advice slip when your pension is paid for the first time. From then on, details of each payment will only be sent to you if your net monthly pension changes by 50p or more or if you change your address or bank details. Changes are likely to occur each April when the annual Pensions Increase is applied to your pension and again possibly in May or June when any new tax codes are applied.

Call the Pensions Payroll Section free on 0800 0644155 if you want to check the amount of pension we’ve paid you. You can also view your pension figures online at the following link ‘Member Self Service’ and follow the instructions which tell you how to register and view your details through a secure link.

Pension Payroll Number

We allocate all new pensioners their own unique pension payroll number. Your pension payroll number will be printed on your first, and future, pay advice slips. It will help us identify your pension record if you could quote your pension payroll number if you email, telephone or write to the Pensions Payroll Section.

All 'Pay Date information' has been sourced from the  'Notes for New Pensioners of the Avon Pension Fund who were paying into the LGPS after 1st April 2008'