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Pensions Regulator

Commons · Question 80902 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 16 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will expand the remit of the Pensions Regulator to include employees whose employers have not made statutory contributions to pensions.

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 16 Oct 2025

Under the Pensions Act 2008, every employer in the UK must automatically enrol eligible workers into a qualifying workplace pension scheme and pay the correct contributions. The Pensions Regulator (TPR) is responsible for maximising employer compliance wi...