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Pension Protection Fund: Equality

Lords · Question HL10207 · Tabled 3 Sep 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 1 Oct 2025

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Asked by Baroness Jenkin of Kennington

To ask His Majesty's Government why the Pension Protection Fund's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Strategy 2025-28, published on 12 June, uses the term "gender" rather than "sex", and what plans they have to revise the strategy in the light of the decisio

Answer

Answered by Baroness Sherlock, 1 Oct 2025

The Pension Protection Fund has chosen in its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategy to further its core belief of supporting everyone, beyond the protected characteristics as defined by law. The Supreme Court decision has prompted a consultation by the...