Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 63479

Workplace Pensions

Tabled: 27 June 2025
Answered: 3 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Zöe Franklin

Liberal DemocratGuildford

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to safeguard members' benefits when a sponsoring employer seeks to extract pension scheme surpluses.

Answer

Torsten Bell
Currently, some Defined Benefit schemes can already consider releasing their surplus under existing rules. The Pension Schemes Bill will provide more flexibility for trustees of these and other well-funded schemes to safely share some surplus with employe...

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