Written questions

Financial Institutions and Pension Funds: China

Commons · Question 50720 · Tabled 7 May 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 16 May 2025

Question

Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate she has made of the UK’s exposure to Chinese (a) sovereign debt and (b) state-backed entities through (i) public pension funds and (ii) financial institutions.

Answer

Answered by Emma Reynolds, 16 May 2025

Seven of the eight largest Public Service Pension Schemes (PSPSs) are unfunded, which means that they do not hold or invest assets against their pension liabilities and instead the Exchequer pays pensions as they come due. The largest funded PSPS is the L...