Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 61208

Workplace Pensions: Uprating

Tabled: 19 June 2025
Answered: 25 June 2025

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

LabourClapham and Brixton Hill

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to prevent companies sponsoring pensions from reducing pension indexation rates below promised levels.

Answer

Torsten Bell
Defined Benefit schemes are legally required to increase pensions in payment annually (for pension rights earned from April 1997 onwards) to provide pensioners with a measure of protection against the effects of inflation. Before April 1997, there was no ...

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