There are various arrangements in operation throughout the Civil and Public Service which can provide in certain circumstances for added notional years of reckonable service when calculating superannuation benefits. In my Department, between March 2011 and December 2013 no individual has been awarded added years under the Professional Added Years Schemes or as a result of abolition of office (Section 6 of the Superannuation Act 1909 and Sections 6 and 7 of the Superannuation and Pensions Act 1963).
Any award of added years under Ill-Health/Death in Service (where added years may be granted in cases of retirement on the grounds of ill-health or where a Survivor's pension is being awarded in circumstances where the civil or public servant dies while still in service) between March 2011 and December 2013 was granted on an administrative basis in accordance with the terms of the relevant pension scheme or statutes.