Question follow-through · 34538
Workplace Pensions: Inflation
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of American Express retirees in the UK impacted by the lack of statutory inflation protection for pre-1997 defined benefit pensions.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 27 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 6 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
27 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the number of American Express retirees in the UK impacted by the lack of statutory inflation protection for pre-1997 defined benefit pensions.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold individual occupational pension scheme data. Discretionary increases in benefits above the statutory minimum and those required by scheme rules are a matter for the scheme sponsor and trustees.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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