Oral QuestionDepartment for Work and Pensions

“What assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the findings of the NAO report entitled Rolling out universal credit, published on 15 June 2018.”

Tabled: 26 June 2018Answered: 2 July 2018

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Torsten Bell)

At the heart of this Government’s pension reforms is the goal of bigger and better pension schemes. We are legislating for that in the Pension Schemes Bill by requiring all local government pension scheme assets to be pooled next year, and multi-employer defined contribution schemes to have at least £25 billion-worth of assets. This reform agenda will deliver returns for savers and ensure that schemes have the scale required to invest in productive assets across the country.