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Workplace Pensions: Index Linking

Commons · Question 78989 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

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Asked by Juliet Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of pensioners who are affected by the absence of statutory indexation on pre-1997 contributions in Broxtowe constituency; and what assessment his Depa

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 20 Oct 2025

The Pensions Regulator has published data which shows that as of March 2023, only 17 per cent of members of private sector defined benefit pension schemes do not receive any pre-1997 indexation. This is available at: https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.u...