Question follow-through · 29047
Workplace Pensions: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence underpins the assumption in the Pension Schemes Act 2026 impact assessment that members will receive a broadly equal share of benefits arising from surplus extraction; and what mechanisms
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 17 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence underpins the assumption in the Pension Schemes Act 2026 impact assessment that members will receive a broadly equal share of benefits arising from surplus extraction; and what mechanisms
14 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Sept 2026
Answer published
Discretionary indexation is over and above the statutory requirements. This discretion is usually exercised by the trustees with the agreement of the sponsoring employer. Some schemes have previously paid discretionary increases on a regular basis. The Pe...
Official data retrieved 25 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Workplace Pensions
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the sufficiency of the incentives under the surplus extraction provisions in the Pension Schemes Act 2026 for sponsoring employers to share surplus funds with (a) scheme
Workplace Pensions
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of (a) the adequacy of the statutory framework governing surplus extraction under the Pension Schemes Act 2026 for providing sufficient protection for scheme members, and (b) the potential impact of the fact that there is no requirement for members to receive a share of released surplus before payments are made to sponsoring employers on protections for scheme members.