Member

The noble Viscount asked about the pensions dashboard. I will not patronise him by telling him what pensions dashboards are, since he knows what they are. The Pensions Dashboards Programme has been delivering against its revised plan following the conclusion of the formal reset process. In line with that plan, the programme has begun testing the connection journey with a small number of external organisations, which will facilitate wider industry connections expected from next April. Alongside that, it has published an updated draft code of connection, technical standards and data standards to support the pensions industry to prepare for connection. The Pensions Dashboards Programme has also confirmed that GOV.UK One Login will be the identity service provider for anyone using the dashboard service. That has been a matter of interest to noble Lords in days gone by. The pensions dashboard will continue to publish biannual progress update reports. When he was the Minister, the noble Viscount was good enough to hold regular updates for Peers on this matter, and I will be doing the same, so I will invite him to one of them when we are ready to do them.