Heading: |
Workplace Pensions |
Question ID: |
1817493 |
UIN: |
63479 |
House: |
Commons |
Date tabled: |
2025-06-27 |
Asking Member ID: |
5313 |
Asking Member display name: |
Zöe Franklin
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Asking Member handle: |
zoefranklinld
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Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@zoefranklinld
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Member interest: |
false |
Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to safeguard members' benefits when a sponsoring employer seeks to extract pension scheme surpluses. |
Is named day: |
true |
Date of holding answer: |
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Date answered: |
2025-07-03 |
Date answer corrected: |
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Is holding answer: |
false |
Is correcting answer: |
false |
Answering Member ID: |
5069 |
Answering Member display name: |
Torsten Bell
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Answering Member handle: |
TorstenBell
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Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@TorstenBell
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Correcting Member ID: |
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Correcting Member display name: |
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Answer text: |
Currently, some Defined Benefit schemes can already consider releasing their surplus under existing rules. The Pension Schemes Bill will provide more flexibility for trustees of these and other well-funded schemes to safely share some surplus with employe... |
Original answer text: |
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Comparable answer text: |
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Answering body ID: |
29 |
Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
Tweeted: |
true |