Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Pay dates and pensions increase

Pension Pay Dates for 2024/2025

Fire & Former WDA Payroll 96 

Local Government Payroll 98 End of Month 

Local Government Payroll 99 (closed to new joiners) Mid Monthly 

  01 May

30 April

16 April

  31 May

31 May

16 May

 01 July

28 June

14 June

 01 August

31 July

16 July

 30 August

30 August

16 August

 01 October

30 September

16 September

 01 November

31 October

16 October

 29 November

29 November

15 November

 31 December

31 December

16 December

 31 January

31 January

16 January

 28 February

28 February

14 February

 01 April

31 March

14 March

 


Please note:
As a new pensioner you will be joined to either Payroll 96 or 98 depending on who you were employed by.

This year’s pension increase (2024/2025)

The annual increase to your Local Government Pension is based on the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) as at September from the preceding year, the CPI at September 2023 was 6.7%.

Your pension is normally increased if you:

  • are aged 55 or over
  • or are receiving a spouse’s, beneficiary’s, or child’s pension
  • or retired on ill health grounds

If you do not fall into one of these groups, your pension will still attract the increase, but it will not be paid until your 55th birthday.

The payment of the pension increase comes from the Pension Fund but when you reach your state retirement age, this changes as some of the increase is paid by the Government and some will continue to be paid by the Fund.

If you were in the scheme prior to April 2016, you were contracted out of the State Second Pension (S2P) formerly known as the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme (SERPS).

When you retire, your LGPS pension must not be less than the pension you would have received from the State Scheme and so the Fund gives an undertaking to provide you with the same or greater amount of pension.

The responsibility of paying the pension increase on this part of the pension is taken up by the state when you reach your state retirement age, and this will be paid to you along with your basic state pension.