| Heading: |
Workplace Pensions |
| Question ID: |
1820675 |
| UIN: |
65819 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-08 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4511 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Rupa Huq
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| Asking Member handle: |
rupahuq
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@rupahuq
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will consider making provision for mandatory index-linked payments in pre-1997 defined benefit pension schemes. |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-15 |
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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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| Answer text: |
Members of these pension schemes are understandably concerned at seeing inflation erode the value of their retirement income.Most schemes do pay some pre-1997 indexation, because of scheme rules or as a discretionary benefit. Analysis published last year ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |