West Yorkshire Pension plan

Georgiasian

why is it not possible to access my pension funds as other pension schemes can.   If not can it be transferred to one that will let me

Dazed_and_C0nfused

Is this a defined benefit scheme rather than a defined contribution scheme?

If so which other defined benefit schemes are you referring to?

Albermarle

You may find that nobody has any idea what West Yorkshire Pension Plan is .
What kind of pension is it ( Defined Benefit or Defined Contribution ) https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/savings/discount-pensions/#need-9
How old are you ?

Paul_Herring

Google suggests it's be a LGPS (DB): https://www.wypf.org.uk/active/all-about-your-pension/about-the-scheme/

xylophone

If this is LGPS, it is possible to transfer out to a DC arrangement. However, if your benefits are valued in excess of £30,000, you must by law take the advice of a Pension Transfer Specialist.
https://www.lgpsmember.org/arl/already-left-tvout.php
https://www.pruadviser.co.uk/knowledge-literature/knowledge-library/pension-transfers-conversions/
https://www.royallondon.com/media/press-releases/2018/may/five-good-reasons-to-transfer-and-five-good-reasons-not-to-royal-london/

Silvertabby

If this is the West Yorkshire Pension Fund (WYPF) then it is indeed LGPS. 

As xylophone says, you could look at transferring your benefits to a personal pension, but just because you can do something doesn't mean that you should.  One of the things that your Pension Transfer Specialist will look at will be the transfer factor - and as the LGPS factors are set by GAD, they are low.  Very low.  A transfer valuation of just 16 or 18 times the annual pension given up wouldn't raise my eyebrows.

How old are you, and are you still contributing to the WYPF?