Question follow-through · 102233
Pension Funds: Investment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to encourage UK pension funds to invest in domestic scale-up companies.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 2 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to encourage UK pension funds to invest in domestic scale-up companies.
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jan 2026
Answer published
In May 2025, 17 of the largest workplace pension providers signed the Mansion House Accord and voluntarily committed to invest at least 10 per cent of their defined contribution default funds in private markets by 2030, with at least half of that invested...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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