Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 1104
Pensions
The Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 2017
Made
15th November 2017
Laid before Parliament
20th November 2017
Coming into force
1st January 2018
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the Pension Schemes Act 1993( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Occupational Pensions (Revaluation) Order 2017 and comes into force on 1st January 2018.
The higher and lower revaluation percentages for each revaluation period
2. For the purposes of paragraph 1 (the final salary method)( 2 ) of Schedule 3 (methods of revaluing accrued pension benefits) to the Pension Schemes Act 1993, for each revaluation period referred to in an entry in column 1 below—
(a) the higher revaluation percentage is the percentage specified in the corresponding entry in column 2, and
(b) the lower revaluation percentage, if any, is the percentage specified in the corresponding entry in column 3.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Revaluation period | Higher revaluation percentage | Lower revaluation percentage |
| 1st January 1986 - 31st December 2017 | 170.5% | - |
| 1st January 1987 - 31st December 2017 | 162.4% | - |
| 1st January 1988 - 31st December 2017 | 151.8% | - |
| 1st January 1989 - 31st December 2017 | 138.2% | - |
| 1st January 1990 - 31st December 2017 | 121.4% | - |
| 1st January 1991 - 31st December 2017 | 99.6% | - |
| 1st January 1992 - 31st December 2017 | 91.8% | - |
| 1st January 1993 - 31st December 2017 | 85.1% | - |
| 1st January 1994 - 31st December 2017 | 81.8% | - |
| 1st January 1995 - 31st December 2017 | 77.9% | - |
| 1st January 1996 - 31st December 2017 | 71.2% | - |
| 1st January 1997 - 31st December 2017 | 67.7% | - |
| 1st January 1998 - 31st December 2017 | 61.9% | - |
| 1st January 1999 - 31st December 2017 | 56.9% | - |
| 1st January 2000 - 31st December 2017 | 55.2% | - |
| 1st January 2001 - 31st December 2017 | 50.2% | - |
| 1st January 2002 - 31st December 2017 | 47.7% | - |
| 1st January 2003 - 31st December 2017 | 45.2% | - |
| 1st January 2004 - 31st December 2017 | 41.3% | - |
| 1st January 2005 - 31st December 2017 | 37.0% | - |
| 1st January 2006 - 31st December 2017 | 33.4% | - |
| 1st January 2007 - 31st December 2017 | 28.8% | - |
| 1st January 2008 - 31st December 2017 | 24.0% | - |
| 1st January 2009 - 31st December 2017 | 18.1% | 18.1% |
| 1st January 2010 - 31st December 2017 | 19.7% | 19.7% |
| 1st January 2011 - 31st December 2017 | 16.1% | 16.1% |
| 1st January 2012 - 31st December 2017 | 10.4% | 10.4% |
| 1st January 2013 - 31st December 2017 | 8.0% | 8.0% |
| 1st January 2014 - 31st December 2017 | 5.2% | 5.2% |
| 1st January 2015 – 31st December 2017 | 3.9% | 3.9% |
| 1st January 2016 - 31st December 2017 | 4.0% | 4.0% |
| 1st January 2017 - 31st December 2017 | 3.0% | 2.5% |
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
15th November 2017
1993 c.48 (“the 1993 Act”); paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 was amended by section 101 of, and paragraphs 1 and 3(1) and (2) of Schedule 2 to, the Pensions Act 2008 (c.30) .
The Secretary of State is required, by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the 1993 Act, to specify in each calendar year higher and lower percentage rates to be used to revalue accrued pension benefits for the purposes of paragraph 1 of that Schedule.