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...