Question follow-through · 19558
Public Sector: Re-employment and Workplace Pensions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing pension abatement rules on (a) public sector pensions and (b) re-employment earnings for public sector employees.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing pension abatement rules on (a) public sector pensions and (b) re-employment earnings for public sector employees.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Dec 2024
Answer published
Pension abatement rules formed part of the overall design of most legacy Public Service Pension Schemes. These rules worked as part of an overall package to safeguard against undesirable practices and ensure propriety and value for money. Reformed schemes...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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