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Workplace Pensions: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department for Work and Pensions' press release entitled Billions in pension surpluses to be unlocked, published on 10 June 2026, what assessment he has made of the potential impac

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Answering body: Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled: 16 Jun 2026
Target answer date: 18 Jun 2026
Answer: 23 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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16 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Department for Work and Pensions' press release entitled Billions in pension surpluses to be unlocked, published on 10 June 2026, what assessment he has made of the potential impac
18 Jun 2026
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23 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Pension Schemes Act 2026 introduced reforms enabling more trustees of well-funded occupational Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes to share surplus with employers and benefit members. Regulations will set out the conditions that trustees must meet be...

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