Started a new job - will my pension pot come with me?

Jmoo

Hi,

I've had a job in the public sector for the past five years and built up a reasonable pension pot over the time as my first job since graduating. Now I'm in the private sector and I don't feel I've had enough information from my last role about the pension fund I saved up. Should it stay with me?

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I've had a job in the public sector for the past five years and built up a reasonable pension pot over the time as my first job since graduating. Now I'm in the private sector and I don't feel I've had enough information from my last role about the pension fund I saved up. Should it stay with me?

A deferred pension? Were you not given a statement of deferred benefits when you left?

Example

http://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/members/deferred/information-for-deferred-members/

Jmoo

I don't believe I received a statement, no. It does say they will write to me about a deferred pension on their website, so I guess I just need to contact them.

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Which Public Service body were you with and what kind of pension did you have?

Was it a Defined Benefits pension or a Defined Contribution Pension?