Written questions

ASW: Workplace Pensions

Lords · Question HL7501 · Tabled 14 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 27 May 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Wigley

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to restore to their full value the pension entitlements of Allied Steel and Wire workers.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Sherlock, 27 May 2025

The Department recognises that the Allied Steel and Wire pension scheme was among the earliest of schemes to benefit from the Financial Assistance Scheme. The Minister for Pensions met with some Allied Steel and Wire workers and heard first-hand how membe...