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Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recommendation 22 of the Third Report of the Work and Pensions Select Committee of Session 2023-24 on Defined benefit pensi

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Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
24 Jul 2024
Target answer date
26 Jul 2024
Answer
1 Aug 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 24 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recommendation 22 of the Third Report of the Work and Pensions Select Committee of Session 2023-24 on Defined benefit pensi

  2. 26 Jul 2024

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  3. 1 Aug 2024

    Answer published

    The Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry report on Defined Benefit pension schemes, published in March 2024 helpfully outlines areas to be considered, including the lack of pre-April 97 indexation in the Pension Protection Fund and Financial Assista...

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