Question follow-through · 35880

Workplace Pensions: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what protections exist for pensioners in the case of scheme buyouts.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
12 Mar 2025
Answer
12 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what protections exist for pensioners in the case of scheme buyouts.

  2. 12 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Insurance buyout is a long-established way of defined benefit pension schemes securing members’ full pensions. Members are guaranteed to receive their full pension from an insurer, backed by a rigorous capital adequacy regime and underpinned by 100 per ce...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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