Simply put - benefits accrued in first year equals other years.
My UK specific knowledge is getting a little rusty but I believe there is a requirement to have deferred pensions at least equal to benefits under a uniform accrual rate, eg to avoid employers giving poor benefits to early leavers by say having low accrual in early years and very high accrual in last year(s).
I didn't think this would lead to reduced benefits because of a 2/3 max where you'd otherwise give higher accrual (flat rate of 2%) but as I said my UK specific knowledge is getting far and few between these days.
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