Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 20515

Workplace Pensions: Index Linking

Tabled: 16 December 2024
Answered: 19 December 2024
Named Day

Question

Mike Martin

Liberal DemocratTunbridge 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 Reynolds
It 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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