Oral Question·Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
“What assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of onshore wind farms established in England since 2015.”
Tabled: 19 October 2022Answered: 25 October 2022
Asked by
Jeff Smith
Labour — Manchester Withington
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Emma Reynolds)
Due to the introduction of auto-enrolment, which is at least one policy that has cross-party support—it was legislated for by the last Labour Government and was taken forward by the coalition Government—there has been a 92% increase in the number of employees saving into a workplace pension scheme since 2012, which is over 10 million people saving for a pension who were not saving previously.