Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 96338
Pensions: Index Linking
Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025
Question
Dr Al Pinkerton
Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the adequacy of support available to pensioners in schemes with differing indexation arrangements.
Answer
Torsten BellThe Government has no plans to retrospectively change defined benefit pension scheme rules to align what are highly variable indexation arrangements. Our reforms will however introduce greater flexibility for more trustees to share surplus with employers,...
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