Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 20515
Workplace Pensions: Index Linking
Tabled: 16 December 2024
Answered: 19 December 2024
Named DayQuestion
Mike Martin
Liberal Democrat — Tunbridge Wells
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of providing indexation of pension rights accrued before April 1997.
Answer
Emma ReynoldsIt is for sponsoring employers to decide what pension benefits they offer, provided these meet minimum standards. These benefits are set out in the scheme rules. It would not be appropriate for the Government to interfere in decisions made by individual s...
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