Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 80902

Pensions Regulator

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 16 October 2025

Question

Jess Brown-Fuller

Liberal DemocratChichester

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will expand the remit of the Pensions Regulator to include employees whose employers have not made statutory contributions to pensions.

Answer

Torsten Bell
Under the Pensions Act 2008, every employer in the UK must automatically enrol eligible workers into a qualifying workplace pension scheme and pay the correct contributions. The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is responsible for maximising employer compliance wi...

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