The Pension and Benefit Board (PUR)

It is the statutory duty of the PUR to:

  • take decisions on applications from people who have not been awarded financial support in the past
  • determine policy  
  • advise the SVB in situations where there is no established policy

The PUR must meet the conditions set out in the Dutch Senior Executives in the Public and Semi-Public Sector (Standards for Remuneration) Act (WNT).

The members of the Pension and Benefit Board

The PUR is made up of 5 members taken from the different groups covered by the laws and schemes for members of the resistance and victims of war, but they do not receive any benefits under these laws or schemes themselves.

The members of the PUR are:

  • Jaap Polak, Chair
  • Henny Troostwijk, Deputy Chair
  • Elly Touwen-Bouwsma
  • Margaret Leidelmeijer
  • Rein Nota

Ingmar Wolfert is the PUR’s Secretary.

Policy

One of the PUR’s statutory duties is to determine policy. New and amended policy is laid down in the Policy Rules and the Annual Report. The policy rules are published every year in the Dutch Government Gazette.

Annual Report

The PUR Annual Report contains an overview of PUR services and administrative activities. 

The PUR’s most important policy decisions can be found in the ‘Appendix: Application of the Law and Case Law’, which also includes a selection of judgments issued by the Central Appeals Tribunal.

Open Government Act

All citizens are entitled to information from the government . This is laid down in the Open Government Act (‘Woo’). The Woo stipulates what documents the government must make available for access by citizens. 

Information can be requested from the PUR by submitting a Woo request. The PUR will then disclose the information unless there is a reason why this is not possible. It is important that a Woo request clearly states that information is being requested about the PUR.