To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what actuarial assumptions are to be used in the actuarial valuations of the (a) Firefighters Pension Scheme and (b) New Firefighters Pension Scheme. (277914)

The Government Actuary is carrying out an actuarial valuation of the firefighters' pension arrangements in England. The report will set out the assumptions and other factors considered before making recommendations about both schemes. When the report is published later this year, a copy will be placed in the Library.