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Council redundancy policy dataset

Written to our editorial standard by RGF Lawyers; solicitor review pending|SRA No. 8004856|Last edited: 26 August 2026

Do councils pay more than statutory redundancy pay?

Many do. Every English and Welsh council must publish its own discretionary compensation policy, and they genuinely differ: some publish a statutory-only policy, others enhance it up to 104 weeks' pay. We have located and sourced 158 of 339councils' published policies so far.

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158 of 339 councils have a policy document we could locate and source (as at 26 August 2026): 127 state an explicit multiplier or confirm statutory-only, and 31 confirm a discretionary scheme exists but defer the actual figure to a document not published online.181 councils' policies were not locatable online at all (often blocked by the council's own website security, not evidence the policy does not exist) and are not listed below rather than guessed at. We add councils monthly; see the dataset's source links for what each row is based on.

A note on the figures below: each council's own policy document is linked (Source column) so you can read the multiplier for yourself. The multiplier and pay-basis columns in the table and CSV are published from those linked source documents and are correct to our knowledge as at 22 August 2026; treat them as indicative and check the linked source for your council. Read how our figures are checked.

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158 of 158 councils shown

		Multiplier	Pay basis	LGPS rule		Source
Ashfield	England	statutory redundancy pay plus a multiple of x1.33	unclear	n/a	annually on or before 31 March each year	source	2026-08-19
Basingstoke and Deane	England	2 x statutory redundancy payment multiplier	actual	Council's usual policy is not to enhance pension benefits for any employee; no provisions for early retirement on efficiency grounds	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Bassetlaw	England	statutory only (the Authority has resolved not to adopt the Regulation 6 discretion to pay up to 104 weeks)	actual	Flexible retirement (Reg 30(6)) at age 55+ considered case-by-case, cost-neutral basis; the Authority will not waive any actuarial reduction on benefits payable under flexible retirement or voluntary early retirement.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Bexley	England	statutory redundancy pay plus severance pay of one quarter of statutory redundancy pay (max 37.5 weeks total)	actual	Severance payments only made to employees eligible for LGPS or Teachers' Pension Scheme membership; staffing budgets fund 50% of basic pension costs up to age 60 where an LGPS pension is also payable	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Birmingham	England	statutory only	unclear	Payments made in accordance with LGPS Regulations 2013 regs 12 and 13 (strain cost); no reg 30(7) detail stated in this document.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Blaby	England	statutory only	actual	Employees aged 55+ with at least 2 years' LGPS pensionable service may retire early on efficiency grounds by formal agreement; no severance payment or additional years' service, and the capital cost of early payment of pension benefits requires Council approval	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Blackpool	England	statutory only	n/a	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Blaenau Gwent	Wales	2 x statutory weeks (staff without pension access); statutory only, max 30 weeks (staff with pension access)	capped	Staff who are able to access their pension receive a redundancy payment based on the statutory calculator up to a maximum of 30 weeks (no 2x multiplier) and have immediate access to an unreduced payment of their LGPS benefits.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Bolton	England	statutory only	n/a	Staff aged 55 or over who are LGPS members may apply for voluntary early retirement (VER) with early release of existing pension benefits; unless in exceptional circumstances pensions will not be enhanced (i.e. no additional pension awarded).	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Bracknell Forest	England	statutory weeks (immediate pension access) or 1.75 x statutory weeks (no immediate pension access)	actual	Pension benefits built up before 1 April 2014 may be subject to abatement on re-employment, but the Berkshire Pension Fund administering authority's policy is not to abate pensions in these circumstances.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Bradford	England	statutory only (Reg 6 104-week discretion not routinely exercised)	uncapped actual	Policy applies to any employee who is or is eligible to be an LGPS member (except the Chief Executive); qualifies only where termination is on grounds of redundancy.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Braintree	England	statutory only	n/a	Statement references the Council's retirement policy, which details how the Council exercises the various employer discretions under the Local Government Pension Scheme, but does not itself state the terms.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Brentwood	England	statutory only	n/a	The Council will consider each LGPS discretion case on its merits but has determined that its usual policy is not to enhance retirement benefits for any of its employees.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Bridgend	Wales	1.83 x statutory weeks (Scheme D, standard redundancy); 1.2 x statutory weeks (Schemes B/C, employees eligible for early pension release)	actual	Employees eligible for early release of LGPS pension benefits (broadly age 55+ or otherwise qualifying under LGPS Regulations 2013) fall under Schemes B/C, receiving an annual pension plus a lower compensatory multiplier of 1.2x (max 36 weeks) rather than the standard Scheme D 1.83x compensatory element; employees over the permitted age who opted out of the LGPS in the year before termination, or re-employed pensioners, instead get a payment based on average weekly wage up to a maximum of 66 weeks (30 weeks statutory + 36 weeks compensatory).	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Brighton and Hove	England	up to 104 weeks' pay (discretionary, exceptional cases only)	actual	Age 55+ with at least 2 years' pension scheme membership: immediate payment of accrued pension benefits, not actuarially reduced for retiring early on efficiency/redundancy grounds.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Broadland	England	up to 1.4 x actual weekly pay	actual	If an employee made redundant is over age 55, pension is payable as per the LGPS; there could be a pension strain cost associated with this.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Bromsgrove	England	statutory only (up to 30 weeks, based on actual weekly salary rather than the statutory weekly pay cap)	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Broxtowe	England	statutory only for compulsory redundancy; a temporary enhanced Voluntary Redundancy scheme uses actual (uncapped) week's pay	unclear	Any pension strain cost arising from the enhanced Voluntary Redundancy scheme must be recovered from savings within three years.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Burnley	England	statutory only	actual	Employees with three or more months' pension scheme membership at redundancy date are entitled to early payment of pension and lump sum under the LGPS Regulations 2013, in line with the Council's Statement of Pensions Policy.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Bury	England	statutory only	n/a	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Cambridge	England	statutory only	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Cambridgeshire	England	statutory only (based on actual, uncapped pay)	actual	Employees who contribute to the LGPS and retire from age 55 onwards (57 from 6 April 2028) can elect immediate payment of pension benefits on a reduced basis; early retirement with immediate payment of pension benefits is also possible following dismissal on redundancy grounds from age 55 onwards (57 from 6 April 2028).	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Camden	England	statutory formula x 0.4 additional (discretionary)	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Castle Point	England	statutory only	n/a	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Ceredigion	Wales	1.5 x statutory weeks	actual	Where an employee has attained age 55 at the date of termination, pension benefits are released, with statutory redundancy weeks uplifted by a factor of 1.5 (maximum 45 weeks); an individual may elect to convert the difference between statutory redundancy and actual compensation awarded to purchase additional pension via GAD factors.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Charnwood	England	2 x statutory weeks	unclear	Council will not normally agree to award additional pension on redundancy/business efficiency terms under the £6,500/year discretion; early retirement on redundancy grounds only considered where it is same cost, lower cost, or nil cost to the Council, or in exceptional circumstances supported by a business case	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Chelmsford	England	statutory only	n/a	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Cheltenham	England	statutory formula, uncapped pay (0.5/1.0/1.5 weeks per year of service by age band, max 20 years service / 30 weeks)	actual	Council does not normally enhance pension benefits for any employee; considers each case on its merits per LGPS Statement of Policy/Discretions	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Cherwell	England	statutory only (1 week's pay under age 41, 1.5 weeks' pay aged 41+, per year of service, i.e. the standard statutory age-banded formula)	actual	The Council will not at any time augment the pension or membership of employees nor award or fund additional pension to employees unless required to do so by the LGPS Regulations.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Cheshire East	England	1.80 x statutory formula (statutory + additional severance payment of 0.8x statutory) for voluntary redundancy	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Chorley	England	2.2 x statutory (new terms and conditions employees, compulsory redundancy only)	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
City of London	England	1.5 x statutory weeks	actual	Staff in the LGPS who retire from age 55 onwards can elect immediate payment of pension benefits on a reduced basis; early retirement with immediate pension is also possible on redundancy/business-efficiency dismissal from age 55	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Colchester	England	1.5 x statutory weeks (50% enhancement)	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Conwy	Wales	statutory only (formerly up to 24 weeks' additional discretionary compensation for efficiency terminations, removed January 2024)	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Cornwall	England	statutory only	n/a	Age 55+ with at least 2 years' pensionable membership: unreduced payment of pension and lump sum earned up to date of leaving, on redundancy or efficiency retirement. Minimum pension age rising 55 to 57 from 6 April 2028 (transitional protections may apply).	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Cotswold	England	statutory formula, uncapped pay (0.5/1.0/1.5 weeks per year of service by age band, max 20 years service / 30 weeks)	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Crawley	England	2 x statutory weeks (2 weeks actual salary per year of service), up to a maximum of 104 weeks	actual	Redundancy compensation includes access to pension for staff over the age of 55	To be reviewed to comply with the Government's proposed further reforms to exit payments when introduced	source	2026-08-19
Cumberland	England	compulsory redundancy: statutory only; voluntary redundancy: 1.5 x statutory rate	unclear	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Denbighshire	Wales	up to 45 weeks' actual pay (enhanced discretionary redundancy payment)	actual	Regulations 12 and 13 of the LGPS (Benefits, Membership and Contribution) Regulations 2007 do not apply as the Council does not [operate the relevant added-years scheme] (statement truncated in source); Full Council votes on severance packages beyond £100,000.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Derby	England	statutory only (no Regulation 6 104-week lump sum discretion exercised)	actual	Compensatory added years no longer available under the 2006 regulations; Council retains flexibility to award additional LGPS membership via Regulation 52 augmentation provisions, but only in very exceptional circumstances due to high cost.	reviewed every two years	source	2026-08-19
Derbyshire	England	statutory only	actual	The Council will not make discretionary compensation payments above the statutory formula under the Voluntary Redundancy scheme (only the actual-pay vs statutory-cap difference is paid). For employees aged 55-59 who are Category Two (do not meet the Rule of 85 until age 60), pension benefits are actuarially reduced to reflect early payment; for Category Three (meet the Rule of 85 before age 60), the Council meets the pension fund shortfall from the early payment. VR is not currently available to LGPS members aged 55 to 59 (restricted by Cabinet decision).	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Ealing	England	statutory formula, actual pay	actual	Under LGPS Regulation 30(7) (redundancy/business efficiency strain cost), the employing department chooses whether the Pension Fund's 'up front' strain cost is charged in the current year or spread over the following five years, with an additional charge for spreading	n/a	source	2026-08-19
East Cambridgeshire	England	statutory only	n/a	Employees aged 55+ are eligible for immediate pension benefits if made redundant, described as a condition of the Cambridgeshire LGPS that the council states it cannot alter.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
East Hertfordshire	England	2 x statutory	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
East Sussex	England	statutory redundancy payment x 1.75	actual	LGPS regulations provide access to pension benefits without reduction from age 55 in the event of redundancy.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Elmbridge	England	2 x statutory redundancy pay	capped	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Epping Forest	England	statutory only	n/a	Additional/enhanced pension provision is made in accordance with the Council's published Pension Policy on how it exercises the various employer discretions provided by the LGPS.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Epsom and Ewell	England	statutory only	capped	The Council has a Local Government Pension Scheme Discretions Policy applicable to all employees including Chief Officers, referenced but not reproduced in this statement.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Erewash	England	statutory only	n/a	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Flintshire	Wales	1.5 x statutory weeks	actual	For employees aged 55 and over with LGPS membership, the Council uses the statutory redundancy payments formula (up to 30 weeks) at actual pay, with no multiplier applied.	September 2023	source	2026-08-19
Folkestone and Hythe	England	statutory only	actual	The council has no discretion over the payment of pension costs to the LGPS relating to an employee aged 55 or over leaving on redundancy or efficiency grounds; if this pushes a total exit package above £100,000 it is reported to full council.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Forest of Dean	England	statutory formula, uncapped pay (0.5/1.0/1.5 weeks per year of service by age band, max 20 years service / 30 weeks)	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Gedling	England	statutory redundancy payment plus a fixed additional compensatory payment equal to 30% of the statutory payment (i.e. approx. 1.3 x statutory)	actual	Should the employee be age 55 or above and a member of the LGPS, pension will be released at the point of dismissal for redundancy or efficiency dismissals. Under the separate Flexible Retirement Policy, where early release of pension would result in a pension strain cost to the authority, approval is subject to permission (cost consideration).	December 2026	source	2026-08-19
Gloucester	England	up to 60 weeks' pay depending on length of service and age	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Gloucestershire	England	1.75 x statutory weeks	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Gravesham	England	statutory formula plus discretionary additional compensation, not normally agreed	actual	Normal policy is to consider granting extra pension membership (augmentation) of up to 6 2/3 years to scheme members where employment is terminated on redundancy or efficiency grounds.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Gwynedd	Wales	statutory only	n/a	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Halton	England	statutory only	n/a	References Regulation 12 of the Local Government Pension Scheme (Benefits, Membership and Contribution) Regulations 2007 for Chief Officer terminations; detail held in a separate Pensions Discretions Statement not published alongside this document.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Hampshire	England	1.5 x statutory weeks	actual	Employees aged at least 55 are automatically entitled to immediate payment of pension benefits if retired on grounds of redundancy.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Harborough	England	statutory only	actual	Staff aged over 55 who are made redundant receive an automatic payment of their pension, with an associated pension capital cost payable by the Council; pension discretions are set out in a separate Discretionary Pension Policy (September 2024)	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Haringey	England	statutory age-banded formula plus 1 additional week's pay per complete year of local government service, capped weekly pay	capped	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Harlow	England	statutory only	n/a	Pension strain costs are borne by the authority on the redundancy of a Chief Officer, in line with all other employees.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Herefordshire, County of	England	1.5 x statutory calculation	unclear	Mutual Early Resignation Scheme (MERS): employee agrees to leave in return for a severance payment or, if in LGPS and aged over 55, a pension that is not actuarially reduced. MERS is not a redundancy or voluntary redundancy. Pension enhancements otherwise follow a separate LGPS discretions policy.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Hertsmere	England	statutory only	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Hillingdon	England	statutory only	n/a	Employer Discretions Policy: council may switch on the 85-year rule for voluntary retirements between 55 and 60, with any pension fund 'strain' cost payable immediately by the Scheme employer; on redundancy/business-efficiency early retirement the employer may waive any actuarial reduction that would otherwise apply	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Hinckley and Bosworth	England	statutory only	unclear	No provisions for employees to seek early retirement on efficiency grounds, though this could be considered case by case; council does not have provisions to enhance pension benefits for any employee	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Hounslow	England	statutory only	unclear	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Huntingdonshire	England	statutory only	unclear	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Isle of Anglesey	Wales	statutory only	n/a	Full Council votes on severance packages over £100,000, which include the cost to the council of pension-fund strain arising from early access to pension.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Isles of Scilly	England	statutory only (statutory formula rates, no enhancement multiplier)	actual	Age 55+ with at least 2 years' pensionable membership: unreduced payment of pension and lump sum earned to date of leaving on redundancy or efficiency grounds.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Kensington and Chelsea	England	statutory only	actual	Employer discretion under LGPS Regs 2013 reg 30(8) to waive in whole or part any actuarial reduction for a member aged 55+ taking immediate payment; separate published local LGPS discretionary policy (Appendix B) covers this and is updated from time to time.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
King's Lynn and West Norfolk	England	statutory payment enhanced by a factor of 2, plus a further enhancement of 1, in recognition of service (i.e. up to 3x the statutory calculation)	actual	The Council will consider flexible retirement requests from employees aged 55 and over who wish to reduce grade/hours, giving immediate access to LGPS benefits while remaining employed; the Council does not waive any actuarial reduction for early payment of pension benefits on flexible retirement. No separate strain-cost statement for compulsory redundancy at 55+ was found in this document.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Kingston upon Hull, City of	England	statutory only	n/a	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Kingston upon Thames	England	statutory only	unclear	Employers are invoiced upfront for all required strain costs following redundancy/business efficiency retirement, flexible retirement (LGPS Regs 2013 reg 68(2)); separate discretions apply to scheme members who have reached age 55 for flexible retirement and waiver of actuarial reduction.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Lambeth	England	statutory only	unclear	Regulation 31 discretion to grant additional pension to a member leaving by reason of redundancy or business efficiency, up to £6,500. Regulation 30(6) flexible retirement available to employees aged 55+. 85 Year Rule may be switched on for members voluntarily drawing benefits aged 55-60 where fund strain cost is mitigated by salary savings.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Lancashire	England	statutory only (no multiplier, since 1 April 2018)	capped	Scheme member aged 55 or over with at least 2 years' membership whose service is terminated by redundancy is entitled to immediate payment of pension benefits.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Lancaster	England	2.2 x statutory weeks	actual	Employees aged 55+ with at least 3 months LGPS membership, terminated on grounds of redundancy or efficiency, receive immediate payment of unreduced pension and lump sum	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Leeds	England	statutory only	unclear	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Leicester	England	statutory only	actual	The Council's normal position is not to top up pension benefits on early retirement, but will consider requests case-by-case. No special arrangements for senior staff. Does not award additional LGPS membership under regulation 31.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Leicestershire	England	statutory only	capped	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Lewisham	England	statutory weeks x actual weekly pay (uncapped week's pay), reduced by any pension strain cost where an immediate unreduced pension is payable	actual	Flexible retirement considered for employees aged 55+ on the merits of the case. Where redundancy compensation is payable and the employee becomes entitled to immediate unreduced pension, the compensation is reduced by the capital cost to the Council of releasing pension benefits early (strain cost); no compensation payable under that head if the strain cost exceeds it.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Liverpool	England	voluntary redundancy: 1.8 x statutory weeks (compulsory: statutory only)	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Luton	England	1.5 x statutory weeks up to 104 weeks	actual	For LGPS members made redundant at 55 or later, early access to pensionable benefits is available based on service and salary; the council has a policy of not enhancing pension benefits under its discretion.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Maldon	England	statutory only	n/a	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Medway	England	ERA 1996 age-banded weeks (max 30 weeks)	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	statutory plus 20% (voluntary redundancy); statutory only (compulsory redundancy)	unclear	The Council will pay the actuarial reduction of the pension strain (additional costs) to employees leaving under compulsory redundancy (if eligible).	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Middlesbrough	England	1.25 x statutory weeks (voluntary redundancy scheme, discretionary; statutory table capped at 30 weeks otherwise)	unclear	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Mole Valley	England	2 x statutory weeks, uncapped weekly earnings	actual	Payments to support early retirement in the efficiency of the service are subject to the rules of the Surrey Pension scheme; generally only made where they facilitate savings for the Council.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Monmouthshire	Wales	1.7 x statutory weeks	capped	n/a	annual review, reported to Council	source	2026-08-19
New Forest	England	1.5 x statutory weeks	actual	Employees aged at least 55 are automatically entitled to immediate payment of pension benefits if retired on grounds of redundancy	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Newcastle upon Tyne	England	statutory only	unclear	Exit packages report includes total strain cost paid to LGPS as a separate line item; no reg 30(7) detail stated in this document.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Newham	England	up to 104 weeks' pay (or up to 10 years added LGPS membership as an alternative)	actual	Where an employee is made redundant or terminated for business efficiency, the Council may either pay a lump sum of up to 104 weeks' pay, or increase LGPS membership by up to ten years; no payment exceeds the statutory maxima in the Regulations.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
North East Derbyshire	England	1.5 x statutory (national redundancy table)	actual	Pension benefits are payable with immediate effect to any employee whose employment is terminated on grounds of redundancy or efficient exercise and who is aged 55 or over.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
North East Lincolnshire	England	statutory only (Regulation 6 104-week discretionary lump sum not normally applied); Regulation 5 statutory weekly-pay cap waived	actual	n/a	yearly review by Head of Paid Service	source	2026-08-19
North Hertfordshire	England	2.0 x statutory formula	actual	Employees over 55 may request retirement on compassionate grounds under LGPS regulations, considered by the Early Severance Panel; 85-year rule members directed to the LGPS member website.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
North Lincolnshire	England	statutory only	n/a	Discretions on termination/redundancy pension strain costs are set out in a separate document, 'Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Discretionary Options and Compensation for Termination of Employment policy A.8a', which was not located published online.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
North Norfolk	England	statutory formula (age/service multiplier) applied to uncapped actual pay	actual	n/a	annual, by 31 March preceding the financial year	source	2026-08-19
North Somerset	England	statutory only	capped	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
North West Leicestershire	England	1.5 x statutory weeks	actual	Employees aged over 55 gain automatic payment of their pension if made redundant, with an associated pension capital cost payable by the Council	n/a	source	2026-08-19
North Yorkshire	England	statutory only	capped	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Norwich	England	1.5 x statutory redundancy calculation	actual	Employees aged 55 and over who are made redundant and are LGPS members immediately become entitled to receive their pension benefits; pension benefits are not increased or augmented in these circumstances.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Nottinghamshire	England	1.65 x statutory formula	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Oxford	England	statutory only	n/a	In accordance with the LGPS Regulations, the Council does not augment pensions.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Oxfordshire	England	1.5 x statutory entitlement	actual	Employees receiving a redundancy payment are subject to LGPS Regulations or other applicable pension scheme regulations.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Pendle	England	statutory only	actual	Employer has not adopted discretion to waive actuarial reductions or grant added pension on redundancy/efficiency; requests refused where they would result in a pension strain cost	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Plymouth	England	statutory only	capped	Pension strain costs borne by the Council on redundancy in line with all employees; policy caps the combined maximum cost of redundancy and pension strain at three times annual salary.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Reading	England	up to 2 x statutory redundancy formula, capped at 52 weeks' pay	actual	LGPS Regulation 16 additional pension may be awarded to members dismissed by reason of redundancy or business efficiency, up to the additional pension limit (£6,500 from 1 April 2014, subject to annual increase); resolution to award must be made within 6 months of termination.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Redditch	England	statutory only (up to 30 weeks, based on actual weekly salary rather than the statutory weekly pay cap)	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Ribble Valley	England	statutory only	actual	Actuarial reductions on early retirement benefits are only waived in exceptional circumstances and where there is a financial or other benefit to the Council, decided by Personnel Committee	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Richmond upon Thames	England	1.5 x statutory weeks (fixed)	actual	LGPS discretions (including flexible retirement for staff aged 55+ under reg 30(6)) were reviewed at the Joint Pension Committee on 6 June 2023 and are set out in a separate LGPS Discretions Statement, which was not located.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Rochford	England	statutory only	n/a	Flexible Retirement Policy: an individual aged 55 or over who reduces their grade or hours of work (or both) may receive all or part of their LGPS benefits immediately, even though they have not left the Council's employment, allowed only where it is demonstrated to be in the Council's interests.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Rossendale	England	statutory only	unclear	The Council does not have any policy which allows for early retirement or which allows for any increase or any enhancing of an employee's pensionable service	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Runnymede	England	1.5 x statutory matrix	actual	Runnymede has a Flexible Retirement policy under LGPS regulations and will consider requests from employees who wish to draw their pension and continue working in a reduced capacity.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Rushcliffe	England	statutory formula (age/service multiplier) applied to actual pay; discretion to further enhance is case-by-case, no fixed extra multiplier stated	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Rutland	England	statutory only (statutory redundancy payment on actual weeks' pay, Regulation 5; no Regulation 6 lump sum multiplier mentioned)	actual	LGPS discretions on varying defined pension entitlements are held in a separate policy; council only considers varying them in exceptional circumstances with an assessment of cost.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Salford	England	voluntary severance: 12 weeks' pay enhancement	n/a	Employees aged 55 or over who are LGPS members may apply for early release of existing pension benefits under the voluntary early retirement scheme.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Sefton	England	up to 104 weeks' actual pay	actual	Members aged 55 and over who retire on redundancy or grounds of efficiency have entitlement to immediate payment of unreduced benefits (LGPS Regulations 2013 reg 30(7)); flexible retirement and 85 Year Rule considered case by case.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Shropshire	England	1.5 x statutory formula	actual	n/a	Reviewed by HR and Development in consultation with unions (no fixed date stated)	source	2026-08-19
Solihull	England	statutory only	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
South Cambridgeshire	England	statutory only	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
South Derbyshire	England	statutory only	n/a	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
South Norfolk	England	up to 1.4 x actual weekly pay	actual	If an employee made redundant is over age 55, pension is payable as per the LGPS; there could be a pension strain cost associated with this.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
South Ribble	England	2.2 x statutory (compulsory redundancy)	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Southampton	England	statutory redundancy pay; separate lump sum compensation payments discretionary up to 104 weeks' pay	capped	Employer discretion to 'switch on' the 85 year rule for members voluntarily drawing benefits age 55-60 is not exercised by the Council/school (85-year rule not switched on for that band); flexible retirement benefits from 55 are actuarially reduced unless waived.	February 2025	source	2026-08-19
Southwark	England	up to 104 weeks' pay	actual	The Council will base redundancy payments on actual week's pay where it exceeds the statutory week's pay limit (reg D06-5). No additional pension is awarded to redundant scheme members under Regulation 31 (LGPS Regs 2013 reg 13-31) in any circumstance; flexible retirement and waiver of actuarial reduction discretions apply to scheme members reaching age 55 (reg 13-30(7)/(8)), considered case by case.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Spelthorne	England	up to 104 weeks' pay (lump sum), exceeding 60 weeks only in exceptional circumstances	actual	Employees who are LGPS members may convert the discretionary element of the compensation lump sum into additional pensionable service (added years) on a cost-neutral basis, decided before last day of service; augmentation only where no compensation payment is made under the 2006 Regulations.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
St Albans	England	2.2 x statutory	unclear	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
St. Helens	England	statutory only	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Stevenage	England	2.5 x statutory	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Stockport	England	statutory only	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Surrey	England	statutory only	capped	n/a	January 2026	source	2026-08-19
Swindon	England	statutory only	capped	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Tandridge	England	1.5 x statutory weeks (no cap on weekly pay) for non-LGPS-eligible staff; multiplier of 1, no cap, for staff eligible to draw LGPS pension and for all staff employed after 1 December 2022	actual	Employees made redundant who are eligible to draw their LGPS pension receive enhanced redundancy pay calculated with a multiplier of 1 and no cap on weekly earnings	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Telford and Wrekin	England	statutory only	n/a	Flexible retirement under Regulation 30 of the LGPS Regulations 2013 (or Regulation 11(2) of the LGPS Transitional Provisions Regulations 2014) permitted in the majority of cases only where savings fund the cost of release; exceptionally approved without savings to retain specialist/critical skills for succession planning.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Tendring	England	1.5 x statutory weeks	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Three Rivers	England	2.2 x statutory weeks	actual	Officers aged 55 and above will be eligible to retire in this circumstance and will have access to their accrued pension benefit.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Torfaen	Wales	2 x statutory weeks	actual	Employees over 55 and in the pension scheme receive access to their pension upon termination on the grounds of redundancy and a severance payment of up to 60 weeks, with no augmented pension benefits; the same up-to-60-weeks severance payment (2x statutory) applies to employees under 55 or not in the pension scheme.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	up to 49.5 weeks' pay	unclear	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Walsall	England	up to 30 weeks' pay (enhanced from statutory 20-week cap)	unclear	Immediate payment of accrued pension benefits for members aged 55+ with 2+ years' LGPS membership terminated by redundancy or business efficiency.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Waltham Forest	England	statutory only	unclear	Employees only receive termination compensation in accordance with the Council's published Policy Statement on how it exercises the various LGPS employer discretions (referenced but not itself located).	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Wandsworth	England	variable, 1x-2x statutory weeks (by likelihood of re-employment/salary factors) plus a further discretion of up to 0.25 in special circumstances	actual	Costs of early payment of pension are deducted from the redundancy payment, subject to the statutory minimum redundancy payment still being paid (i.e. pension strain cost offsets the enhancement, not the statutory floor).	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Warrington	England	statutory only	n/a	Termination costs (statutory, contractual and pension 'strain' costs combined) exceeding £95,000 require Cabinet Member for Finance approval; detailed LGPS discretion held in a separate LGPS Discretionary Policy Statement not published in this document.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Watford	England	2.2 x statutory weeks	actual	Officers aged 55 and above will retire in this circumstance and have access to their accrued pension benefit.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Wealden	England	statutory only	n/a	Additional/early pension payment is specifically excluded where a person receives an enhanced redundancy payment; any additional or early pension payment is only granted subject to the council's rules on abatement.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Welwyn Hatfield	England	statutory only	n/a	Flexible retirement under LGPS pension discretions is available to members aged 55 or over who, with the Council's consent, permanently reduce hours and/or grade; pension is actuarially reduced if paid before normal state pension age. Full discretions are set out in a separate LGPS discretions Policy Statement (Annex A), not fetched.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
West Berkshire	England	2 x statutory weeks (as at June 2016; a reduction to 1.5x from September 2016 was proposed in the same report)	actual	Regulation 31 of the LGPS Regulations 2013 allows an employer to award 'additional pension' of up to £6,500 to employees made redundant aged 55+; West Berkshire Council has chosen not to exercise this discretion.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
West Lindsey	England	statutory only	actual	Employees aged 55 and over retiring early in the interests of efficiency receive immediate payment of pension benefits with no additional years' service or compensatory payments; capital cost of early payment met by the council subject to cost being recovered from savings over 3 years.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
West Oxfordshire	England	statutory formula (0.5/1/1.5 weeks per year by age band) applied to actual (uncapped) weekly pay	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Westminster	England	1.5 x statutory weeks, capped at 66 weeks' pay	capped	Under the LGPS, eligible staff aged 55 or over who have not reached their normal pension age may request flexible retirement, retiring early but continuing to work part-time with permanently reduced hours; pension payments are released early for redundancy/ill-health retirement where statutory and local pension policy criteria are met.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Wigan	England	statutory only	n/a	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Wiltshire	England	voluntary redundancy: statutory weeks x normal weekly pay x 2.5, capped at 40 weeks; compulsory redundancy: statutory formula only, capped at 30 weeks or 20 years service	actual for voluntary; capped (at £571/week) for compulsory	Age 55+ with at least 2 years' pension scheme membership: pension and lump sum may be paid early on redundancy termination.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Winchester	England	1.6 x statutory weeks	actual	Council will exercise the discretion to waive the actuarial reduction under LGPS Regulation 30(7) where employment is terminated on grounds of redundancy or business efficiency, subject to affordability; requests considered by the Executive Leadership Board	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Wokingham	England	statutory only	actual	The council has determined generally not to use its LGPS discretion to enhance pension payments by either additional years or additional pension.	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Wrexham	Wales	1.5 x statutory weeks	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Wychavon	England	statutory only (up to 30 weeks, based on actual weekly salary rather than the statutory weekly pay cap)	actual	Statement of Policy on Pension discretions (funding of additional pensions, flexible retirement, waiving of actuarial reductions, award of additional pension) agreed at Council meeting 24 June 2014	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Wyre	England	statutory only	actual	Discretionary power to grant additional pension up to £6,755/year exists but the Council has determined not to award it	n/a	source	2026-08-19
Wyre Forest	England	statutory only	actual	n/a	n/a	source	2026-08-19
York	England	statutory only (statutory ready reckoner, no enhancement)	actual	Automatic access to unreduced LGPS pension benefits earned to date for those aged 55+ who are made redundant (a scheme provision, not local discretion); cost of early retirement paid into the Scheme over 1, 3 or 5 years. Under-55s get no pension costs on redundancy. Flexible/voluntary early retirement and efficiency retirement are 'not normally awarded'.	n/a	source	2026-08-19

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Methodology

We searched each council's own published Pay Policy Statement (Localism Act 2011 s.38) and, where separately published, its discretionary compensation policy under regulation 7 of the Local Government (Early Termination of Employment) (Discretionary Compensation) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, fetching the primary document rather than a secondary summary. Every row carries the source URL and the date we retrieved it; we do not infer or round a figure that is not stated in the document itself. Rows are reviewed periodically; a council whose policy document has since changed should contact us with the correction (see below) and we will re-check and update the row, taking it down first if the current figure cannot be confirmed.

Reporting a correction: if you believe a row is wrong or out of date, email [email protected] This dataset is compiled from councils' own published policy documents and is provided for information only; it is not legal advice, and a council can change its policy at any time. Check your council's current policy document (linked per row) before relying on any entry. with the council name and a link to the current policy. We take the row down while we check it, rather than leave a disputed figure live.

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