Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 88016
Pensions: Self-employed
Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 12 November 2025
Question
Blake Stephenson
Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she plans to take to encourage self-employed workers to pay into private pension funds.
Answer
Torsten BellThe proportion of the self-employed who are saving into a pension has fallen significantly from almost 50% in the late 1990s to less than 20% at present. While self-employed workers are not eligible for Automatic Enrolment, the National Employment Savings...
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