Question follow-through · 68130
Pension Funds: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Pension Schemes Bill will include provisions to (a) support and (b) incentivise investment by pension funds in climate transition-related assets.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 22 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Pension Schemes Bill will include provisions to (a) support and (b) incentivise investment by pension funds in climate transition-related assets.
17 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jul 2025
Answer published
While the Department does not hold data on the proportion of UK pension fund assets allocated to climate solutions, we do require pension schemes to evaluate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors, including climate change, in their investmen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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