HC Deb 28 January 2002 vol 379 c46W
Mr. Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans his Department has to improve awareness of the need for retirement planning. [28022]

Mr. McCartney

The Government are committed to providing people with better information to improve awareness of the importance of retirement planning.

The Government's pension education strategy includes raising awareness of retirement planning through a dedicated publicity campaign; providing more information to people about their pension provision through combined pension forecasts; and testing new ways to get information out to the public, for example through interactive Digital Television.

The Department continues to liaise with the Financial Services Authority, employers, private pension providers and other organisations, on an on-going basis, to improve continuously the way we provide pensions information to consumers.