NHS: Workplace Pensions
Commons · Question 122760 · Tabled 23 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Alicia Kearns
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the tapered annual allowance for pensions on the level of retention of senior NHS clinicians; and whether her Department plans to
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 30 Mar 2026
The annual allowance limits the amount that an individual can save in all their pension pots before they have to pay a tax charge. It aims to ensure that the incentives for pension saving, which are costly to the taxpayer, are appropriately targeted acros...