Question follow-through · 6520
Workplace Pensions: Discounts
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she made of the potential merits of an immediate implementation of the SCAPE discount rate.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 3 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she made of the potential merits of an immediate implementation of the SCAPE discount rate.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government remains committed to reviewing the SCAPE discount rate at every valuation cycle. The SCAPE discount rate was announced in Parliament on 19 May 2026. This is in line with established precedent for reviews of the SCAPE discount rate. Where th...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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