Written questions

Workplace Pensions: Investment

2026-05-13 · Department for Work and Pensions · HL148 · Official question

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the potential risks associated with an increasing concentration of workplace pension assets within a small number of master trusts.

Answer

As part of our assessment of the Pension Schemes Act 2026 reforms the Department published an Impact Assessment, in addition to its 2024 report on Pension fund investment and the UK economy. These show that schemes operating at scale are better placed to ...