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Workplace Pensions: Index Linking

Commons · Question 94995 · Tabled 26 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 11 Dec 2025

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Asked by Ann Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has he made of the number of FAS and PPF members whose original pension scheme did not provide for specified pre-1997 indexation and will therefore not be included in the Government’s pl

Answer

Answered by Torsten Bell, 11 Dec 2025

At the Budget, the Chancellor announced that the Government will introduce pre-1997 indexation in the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) and the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS), for members whose original schemes provided this. Compensation payments from the...