Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 95319

Financial Assistance Scheme and Pension Protection Fund: Compensation

Tabled: 27 November 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will consult with representatives of older FAS and PPF members to explore alternative approaches to compensating people without pension indexation.

Answer

Torsten Bell
The Government has tabled an amendment which provides that compensation payments from the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) and Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) on pensions built up before April 1997 will now be linked to CPI-inflation (capped at 2.5%) and a...

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