Question follow-through · 69594
State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to ensure that pension scheme trustees are able to use surplus funds to provide discretionary increases for pre-1997 pensioners whose pensions have not kept pace with inflat
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 21 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 3 Sept 2025 · 44 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to ensure that pension scheme trustees are able to use surplus funds to provide discretionary increases for pre-1997 pensioners whose pensions have not kept pace with inflat
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Sept 2025
Answer published
Discretionary indexation is over and above the statutory requirements. This discretion is usually exercised by the trustees with the agreement of the sponsoring employer.The precise design of pension benefits is a matter for employers and trustees and is ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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