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Taxpayers to pay double for deputies' pensions

TAXPAYERS' contributions to the deputies' pension scheme will double for the next 25 years, under proposals from Treasury and Resources.

Taxpayers to pay double for deputies' pensions
Taxpayers to pay double for deputies' pensions / Guernsey Press

The scheme, which was recently closed to new members in return for a higher salary, represents 0.4% of the States' overall pension pot.

Since 2012, a fixed sum of public money has been used to prop up the scheme in an attempt to eliminate its deficit over the next 30 years – in 2014 this was £68,800.

'The results of the actuarial evaluation of the States Members Pension Scheme are that there is a funding shortfall of £1,819,000 and a fixed annual sum of £149,000, maintained in real terms, needs to be paid into the Superannuation Fund in order to eliminate the deficit over a period of 25 years,' Treasury says.

Deputies' pay increase in return for losing pension: deputies: £32,155 (current basic £22,000 to a maximum £34,000); deputy minister: £34,550 (£27,625-£37,000); chairman: £37,570 (£34,000-£40,000); minister: £44,350 (£37,000-40,000); deputy chief minister: £46,450 (£39,000-£42,000); chief minister: £58,520 (£45,000-£48,000); Alderney representative: £10,050 (£10,000); Alderney representative with a departmental seat: £13,965 (£13,750).