Added pension is just what it says! It is an amount of extra annual pension that you can buy; it will be paid with your pension after you retire.

How do you know if you have added pension? - Your annual benefit statement will be able to confirm if you have paid towards added pension. Please see the below examples of where your added pension is shown on your annual benefit statement:

classic, classic plus and premium schemes

If you're a member of classic, classic plus or premium schemes please refer to the 'Your additional benefits' section of your annual benefit statement. In this section you should see a benefit type of 'Added pension (self and dependants) each year', if you have this then you will have added pension. An example of how this will look is shown below:

If you're a member of nuvos or alpha schemes please refer to the 'How your benefits have changed' section of your annual benefit statement. In this section you should see a benefit type of 'Added pension (self and dependants) each year' or 'Added pension (self only) each year', if you have this then you will have added pension. An example of how this will look is shown below (please note if you're a nuvos member then this section will be coloured blue, if you're an alpha member then this section will be coloured green):

nuvos

alpha

Dual members

For those members who are now in receipt of benefits from alpha but were previously in receipt of benefits from classic, classic plus, premium or nuvos then you may have added pension in each scheme and as such you will have both the alpha 'How your benefits have changed' section as well as a 'Your additional benefits' section.