Do you have to pay a fee to get a Civil Service pension (in payment) valued for divorce?

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Just that really. My pension provider (a bank I used to work for) wanted £1k fee to value my pension, but even so I thought that the Civil Service pension scheme would not make a charge to value STBExH's pension.

I thought the whole idea was that you got the valuations and then engaged an actuary to interpret the valuations and that's what you paid the fee for. Not for the company/organisation to just provide the info?

Just found this but not sure if its helpful, it just talks about providing a CETV and I thought you couldn't use that? Also talks about fees, but no indication of what level of fee or what it covers?
https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/media/aa1c0mgo/what-to-expect-when-you-are-getting-divorced.pdf

I feel really silly now, I found all the info online, including a notice saying Civil Service pension valuation is currently suspended!! But I am leaving it here in case it will help anyone:

https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/your-pension/personal-life/divorce-dissolution-or-annulment/

https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/media/lxpj4es3/divorce-dissolution-or-annulment-guide-aug-2022.pdf

Not withstanding the information posted above, I think it depends what you mean when you say “valuations”.

You are entitled to one CETV for free each year. Anymore than that and a fee is payable. There may be fees for other types of “valuations”. I think this information might also be published on their website.

There is also the scheme fee to administer a pension sharing order. That’s about £3k including VAT.