Please find below the 2024/2025 employer forms for use when notifying the pension team of any amendments to a member's pensionable status. A number of guides are also available providing more detail about the administration of the LGPS.
Employer Forms
LGS1B – Brief Guide to the LGPS
LGS15A – Admission to the Scheme
LGS15B – Changes to pensionable status
LGS15C – Withdrawal from the Scheme
LGS15C (i-Connect) - Withdrawal form for i-Connect users
LGS15 (MAIN) – Re-entry to the MAIN Section of the LGPS
LGS15A (50/50) – Admission to the 50/50 section of the LGPS
LGS15D – Opt-out notification
LGS18 - Final Pay/APP Additional Information sheet
Employer Estimate Request forms
EST3 – Employer estimate request form for an active scheme member
EST3 (i-Connect users) - Employer estimate request form for an active scheme member i-Connect users
EST4 – Employer estimate request form for a former scheme member
Member forms
LGS5 – Expression of Wish for payment of a Death Grant
LGS6 – Co-habiting partner information form
LGS10 – Election to opt in to the LGPS
LGS10B – Election for re-entry to the MAIN Section of the LGPS
LGS13 – Declaration of Previous Pension Rights
LGS5050 – 50/50 election form and factsheet
Ill-Health Certificates
LGS26 - Occupational Health Ill Health Retirement Certification for a Current (active) Employee
LGS26B - Occupational Health Ill health Retirement Certification for a Deferred Beneficiary who ceased membership as an employee on or after 1 April 2008 and before 1 April 2014
LGS26C - Occupational Health Ill health Retirement Certification for a Deferred Beneficiary who ceased membership as an employee on or after 1 April 1998 and before 1 April 2008
LGS26D - Occupational Health Ill health Retirement Certification for a Deferred Beneficiary who ceased membership as an employee before 1 April 1998
LGS26F - Occupational Health Ill health Retirement Certification for a Deferred Beneficiary who ceased membership as an employee on or after 1 April 2014
3rd Tier Ill-heath certificates
LGS26E1 - 3rd Tier Ill Health Retirement Review Certificate for a Current 3rd Tier Pensioner where the cessation of employment occurred after 31 March 2014 – England and Wales – Review taking place 18 months after the date of cessation of employment
LGS26E2 - 3rd Tier Ill Health Retirement Review Certificate for a Suspended 3rd Tier Pensioner where the cessation of employment occurred before 1 April 2014 – England and Wales – Review taking place 3 or more years after the date of cessation of the 3rd tier pension
LGS26E3 - 3rd Tier Ill Health Retirement Review Certificate for a Suspended 3rd Tier Pensioner where the cessation of employment occurred after 31 March 2014 – England and Wales – Review taking place 3 or more years after the date of cessation of the 3rd tier pension
LGS26E4 - 3rd Tier Ill Health Retirement Review Certificate for a Suspended 3rd Tier Pensioner where the cessation of employment occurred after 31 March 2014 – England and Wales – Review taking place at the request of the member whilst the 3rd Tier pension is in payment or within 3 years after payment of the 3rd Tier pension has been discontinued
LGS26E5 - 3rd Tier Ill Health Retirement Review Certificate for a Suspended 3rd Tier Pensioner where the cessation of employment occurred before 1 April 2014 – England and Wales – Review taking place within 3 years of date of cessation of the 3rd Tier pension
Year-end guidance
Employer Contribution Return
2023/2024
Employer contribution return guidance (2023/2024)
Employer contribution return form (2023/2024)
2022/2023
Employer contribution return guidance (2022/2023)
Employer contribution return spreadsheet (2022/2023)
Leave of Absence - Shared Cost APC documents
Leave of Absence Guide - Option to Buy Back contributions
Leave of Absence employer template letters
Leave of Absence list of employer actions
LGA employer administration guides
LGPS HR administration guide
LGPS Payroll administration guide