Question follow-through · 101704
Workplace Pensions: Index Linking
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential disparity in treatment between members of private sector defined benefit pension schemes and members of the Pension Protection Fund and Financial Assistance
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 7 Jan 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential disparity in treatment between members of private sector defined benefit pension schemes and members of the Pension Protection Fund and Financial Assistance
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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7 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government has brought forward legislation to introduce increases on compensation payments from the Pension Protection Fund and Financial Assistance Scheme that relate to pensions built up before 6 April 1997. These will be CPI-linked (capped at 2.5%)...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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