Question follow-through · 55842

Pension Funds: Fees and Charges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help ensure that pension investment rules (a) safeguard pensions and (b) encourage greater occupancy of vacant commercial properties.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
30 May 2025
Target answer date
3 Jun 2025
Answer
9 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help ensure that pension investment rules (a) safeguard pensions and (b) encourage greater occupancy of vacant commercial properties.

  2. 3 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    Pension schemes can rent out commercial property at below market value. The only restriction on this is that there is an unauthorised payment charge where the tenant is connected with the pension scheme. This rule prevents value being transferred out of t...

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