Written Question·Treasury·UIN 11127

Pensions

Tabled: 24 October 2024
Answered: 1 November 2024

Question

David Chadwick

Liberal DemocratBrecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reinstating trivial commutation following the changes to the Lifetime Allowance this year.

Answer

Tulip Siddiq
For defined benefit (DB) pensions, trivial commutation continues to exist. If an individual’s total pension wealth across all DB pension schemes (excluding their state pension) is no more than £30,000, they may be able to surrender their pension for a tax...

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