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Workplace Pensions: Codes of Practice

Commons · Question 54967 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 9 Jun 2025

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Asked by Alicia Kearns

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a mandatory Code of Ethical Practice for pre-1997 members of pension schemes, that promotes (a) transparency, (b) fairness and (

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Answered by Torsten Bell, 9 Jun 2025

It is important that trustees make transparent and fast decisions about discretionary indexation. Defined Benefit Schemes are regulated by The Pensions Regulator (TPR) which has set out that trustees should consider the situation of those members who woul...