Question follow-through · 90490
ASW: Workplace Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of indexing payments from the Financial Assistance Scheme for pensions accrued before 1997 by Allied Steel and Wire members.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 17 Nov 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of indexing payments from the Financial Assistance Scheme for pensions accrued before 1997 by Allied Steel and Wire members.
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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17 Nov 2025
Answer published
We are committed to consider what we have heard on this issue. I have heard first hand all the challenges facing ASW workers and others with pre-1997 accrued pensions. However any change in this area has significant implications on public finances for the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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