Question follow-through · 14261

Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workers are included in auto enrolled pensions.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 13 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 18 Nov 2024
Answer: 19 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

13 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many workers are included in auto enrolled pensions.
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Nov 2024
Answer published
Automatic enrolment has succeeded in transforming pension saving with over 11 million employees having been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension since 2012. These statistics are available from The Pensions Regulator and are updated on a monthly...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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