Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 906768

Workplace Pensions

Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 8 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Lincoln Jopp

ConservativeSpelthorne

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of salary sacrifice pension scheme changes on the value of occupational pension funds.

Answer

Torsten Bell
We are taking a pragmatic approach to reforming pension contributions made via salary sacrifice, the costs of which were set to nearly triple to £8bn between 2017 and the end of this decade. The £2,000 cap means that only 5% of workers earning below £30,0...

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