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Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the transition from defined benefit to defined contribution pension schemes on retirement outcomes for Generation X.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
16 Apr 2026
Answer
22 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the transition from defined benefit to defined contribution pension schemes on retirement outcomes for Generation X.

  2. 16 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Department carries out and publishes analysis of projected future retirement incomes, which provides estimates of the number and proportion of working age individuals under saving for their retirement against different measures of adequacy. This analy...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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