Question follow-through · 12541

Thames Water: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had discussions with the Pensions Regulator on the security of the Thames Water Pension Scheme.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has had discussions with the Pensions Regulator on the security of the Thames Water Pension Scheme.

  2. 25 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Pensions Regulator is the independent regulator of all trust-based occupational pension schemes and DWP Ministers and officials engage with them regularly on a wide range of issues.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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