Question follow-through · 75221

Small Businesses: Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (a) regulatory oversight and (b) consumer protection for Small Self-Administered Schemes (SSAS); and if she will take steps to (i) improve regu

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
4 Sept 2025
Target answer date
8 Sept 2025
Answer
12 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of (a) regulatory oversight and (b) consumer protection for Small Self-Administered Schemes (SSAS); and if she will take steps to (i) improve regu

  2. 8 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    DWP officials work closely with The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to ensure people’s pension savings are protected and that the regulatory regime remains fit for purpose in a changing pensions landscape.A Small Self-Administered Scheme (SSAS) is an occupationa...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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