Written questions

Pensions: Surpluses

Commons · Question 71919 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 5 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Scott Arthur

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department has had discussions with private pension schemes on ensuring that people who have made contributions to defined benefit private pensions are able to benefit from a pension surplus

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 5 Sep 2025

The Department for Work and Pensions consulted on surplus release from defined benefit pensions schemes last year. Throughout the consultation, and in developing the consultation response and the Pension Schemes Bill, the Department has engaged with pensi...