Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 35880

Workplace Pensions: Regulation

Tabled: 5 March 2025
Answered: 12 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Sureena Brackenridge

LabourWolverhampton North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what protections exist for pensioners in the case of scheme buyouts.

Answer

Torsten Bell
Insurance buyout is a long-established way of defined benefit pension schemes securing members’ full pensions. Members are guaranteed to receive their full pension from an insurer, backed by a rigorous capital adequacy regime and underpinned by 100 per ce...

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