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Simpler Pension Benefit Statements

The Department for Work and Pensions is simplifying pension benefit statements to make them clearer and more accessible to scheme members. This involves reviewing disclosure requirements and reporting formats to reduce complexity while maintaining transparency about pension entitlements.

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2026

3 events
29 Apr 2026 | Written question Department for Work and Pensions linked

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of notifying pensioners of small upratings to the State Pension; and whether he has consi

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of notifying pensioners of small upratings to the State Pension; and whether he has considered reducing the cost …

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20 Apr 2026 | Announcement Department for Work and Pensions linked

Abolition of Legacy Benefits

UIN: HLWS1531 My Right Honourable Friend, the Minister of State (Minister for Social Security and Disability) (The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms MP) has made the following Written Statement:Transforming the way that Department for Work and Pensions delivers its services …

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17 Feb 2026 | Consultation (open) Department for Work and Pensions linked

DWP administrative-based benefit statistics: proposed changes to scheduling and frequency of releases — consultation opened

User views are sought on the Department for Work and Pension's plans to change the scheduling and alignment and reduce the frequency of some of our routine administrative-based benefit Official Statistics, including Universal Credit. This consultation will run until 31 …

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2025

4 events
11 Nov 2025 | Announcement Department for Work and Pensions linked

Pensions Update

UIN: HLWS1043 My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (The Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP) has today made the following Written Statement:I wish to update the House on the Government’s decision in response to the …

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2024

1 event
6 Feb 2024 | Announcement Department for Work and Pensions linked

Automatic Enrolment: the Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band Review 2024/25 and the Triennial Review of the Alternative Quality Tests

UIN: HLWS240 My honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions (Paul Maynard MP) has made the following Written Statement.Automatic enrolment (AE) into workplace pensions has been a great success to date. Since 2012 over 11 million people …

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2023

1 event

2021

9 events
14 Dec 2021 | Announcement Department for Work and Pensions linked

State Pension Age Review

UIN: HLWS467 My Right Honourable Friend, The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Dr Thérèse Coffey MP) has made the following Written Statement.My Department is launching the second Government Review of State Pension age, which must be published by …

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19 Oct 2021 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Simpler annual benefit statements: draft regulations and statutory guidance — outcome published

Consultation on proposed regulations and accompanying statutory guidance introducing simpler annual benefit statements for use by defined contribution workplace pension schemes used for automatic enrolment.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Consultation on simpler annual benefit statemen…
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↓ Consultation on simpler annual benefit statements: draft re… (9pp) ↓ Draft statutory guidance: simpler annual benefit statements ↓ Draft statutory guidance: simpler annual benefit statements (14pp) ↓ Draft Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure… ↓ Draft Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure… (3pp) ↓ Draft illustrative template: simpler annual benefit stateme… ↓ Government response: Simpler annual pension benefit stateme… ↓ Government response: Simpler annual pension benefit stateme… (15pp)
29 Jun 2021 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Simpler annual benefit statements: draft regulations and statutory guidance — consultation closed

Consultation on proposed regulations and accompanying statutory guidance introducing simpler annual benefit statements for use by defined contribution workplace pension schemes used for automatic enrolment.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Consultation on simpler annual benefit statemen…
+8 more
↓ Consultation on simpler annual benefit statements: draft re… (9pp) ↓ Draft statutory guidance: simpler annual benefit statements ↓ Draft statutory guidance: simpler annual benefit statements (14pp) ↓ Draft Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure… ↓ Draft Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure… (3pp) ↓ Draft illustrative template: simpler annual benefit stateme… ↓ Government response: Simpler annual pension benefit stateme… ↓ Government response: Simpler annual pension benefit stateme… (15pp)
17 May 2021 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Simpler annual benefit statements: draft regulations and statutory guidance — consultation opened

Consultation on proposed regulations and accompanying statutory guidance introducing simpler annual benefit statements for use by defined contribution workplace pension schemes used for automatic enrolment.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Consultation on simpler annual benefit statemen…
+8 more
↓ Consultation on simpler annual benefit statements: draft re… (9pp) ↓ Draft statutory guidance: simpler annual benefit statements ↓ Draft statutory guidance: simpler annual benefit statements (14pp) ↓ Draft Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure… ↓ Draft Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure… (3pp) ↓ Draft illustrative template: simpler annual benefit stateme… ↓ Government response: Simpler annual pension benefit stateme… ↓ Government response: Simpler annual pension benefit stateme… (15pp)
3 Mar 2021 | Announcement Department for Work and Pensions linked

Pensions Update

UIN: HLWS808 My honourable Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions & Financial Inclusion (Guy Opperman MP) has made the following Written Statement.The Pension Schemes Act 2021 received Royal Assent on 11 February. We are now setting out …

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2020

8 events
19 Oct 2020 | Announcement Department for Work and Pensions linked

Private Pensions: Simpler Annual Benefit Statements

UIN: HCWS522 The Government has published its response to the consultation on the approach to delivering simpler annual pension benefit statements. Participation in pension saving has been transformed through the success of Automatic Enrolment. However, there is a gro...

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19 Oct 2020 | Announcement Department for Work and Pensions linked

Private Pensions: Simpler Annual Benefit Statements

UIN: HLWS515 My honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions & Financial Inclusion (Guy Opperman MP) has made the following Written Statement.The Government has published its response to the consultation on the approach to delivering simpl...

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19 Oct 2020 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Simpler annual benefit statements for workplace pensions — outcome published

This consultation seeks views on the government’s approach to achieving simpler annual statements for workplace pensions.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Simpler annual benefit statements
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↓ Simpler annual benefit statements (42pp) ↓ Annex A: Your Allied Widgets Pension Plan Annual Statement (2pp) ↓ Annex B: Technical guide to simpler annual statement (10pp) ↓ Government response: Simpler annual benefit statements ↓ Government response: Simpler annual benefit statements (32pp)
5 Mar 2020 | Announcement Department for Work and Pensions linked

Reaching State Pension Age on Universal Credit

UIN: HLWS144 My Right Honourable Friend The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Dr Thérèse Coffey MP) has made the following Written Statement.I can today announce that we will amend regulations to smooth the transition from Universal Credit to …

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2019

2 events
20 Dec 2019 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Simpler annual benefit statements for workplace pensions — consultation closed

This consultation seeks views on the government’s approach to achieving simpler annual statements for workplace pensions.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Simpler annual benefit statements
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↓ Simpler annual benefit statements (42pp) ↓ Annex A: Your Allied Widgets Pension Plan Annual Statement (2pp) ↓ Annex B: Technical guide to simpler annual statement (10pp) ↓ Government response: Simpler annual benefit statements ↓ Government response: Simpler annual benefit statements (32pp)
1 Nov 2019 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Simpler annual benefit statements for workplace pensions — consultation opened

This consultation seeks views on the government’s approach to achieving simpler annual statements for workplace pensions.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Simpler annual benefit statements
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↓ Simpler annual benefit statements (42pp) ↓ Annex A: Your Allied Widgets Pension Plan Annual Statement (2pp) ↓ Annex B: Technical guide to simpler annual statement (10pp) ↓ Government response: Simpler annual benefit statements ↓ Government response: Simpler annual benefit statements (32pp)

2017

3 events

2016

4 events
10 Mar 2016 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Automatic enrolment: technical changes — outcome published

This is a consultation on proposed technical changes intended to simplify the automatic enrolment process and reduce burdens on employers.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Technical changes to automatic enrolment: consu… (17pp)
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↓ Draft regulations: The Occupational and Personal Pension Sc… (5pp) ↓ Government response to the consultation on regulations to s… (17pp)
16 Feb 2016 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Automatic enrolment: technical changes — consultation closed

This is a consultation on proposed technical changes intended to simplify the automatic enrolment process and reduce burdens on employers.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Technical changes to automatic enrolment: consu… (17pp)
+2 more
↓ Draft regulations: The Occupational and Personal Pension Sc… (5pp) ↓ Government response to the consultation on regulations to s… (17pp)
26 Jan 2016 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Automatic enrolment: technical changes — consultation opened

This is a consultation on proposed technical changes intended to simplify the automatic enrolment process and reduce burdens on employers.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Technical changes to automatic enrolment: consu… (17pp)
+2 more
↓ Draft regulations: The Occupational and Personal Pension Sc… (5pp) ↓ Government response to the consultation on regulations to s… (17pp)

2015

4 events
9 Mar 2015 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Workplace pensions automatic enrolment: simplifying the process and reducing burdens on employers — outcome published

We are seeking views on proposals to further simplify the automatic enrolment process and reduce burdens on employers.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Technical changes to automatic enrolment: consu… (26pp)
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↓ The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic En… (7pp) ↓ Technical changes to automatic enrolment: government respon… (29pp)
12 Feb 2015 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Occupational and personal pension schemes: disclosure of information regulations amendments — outcome published

This consultation seeks views on amendments to The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2013.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Consultation: The Occupational and Personal Pen… (8pp)
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↓ The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure o… (3pp) ↓ Government response: The Occupational and Personal Pension … (11pp)
9 Jan 2015 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Workplace pensions automatic enrolment: simplifying the process and reducing burdens on employers — consultation closed

We are seeking views on proposals to further simplify the automatic enrolment process and reduce burdens on employers.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Technical changes to automatic enrolment: consu… (26pp)
+2 more
↓ The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic En… (7pp) ↓ Technical changes to automatic enrolment: government respon… (29pp)

2014

3 events
1 Dec 2014 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Workplace pensions automatic enrolment: simplifying the process and reducing burdens on employers — consultation opened

We are seeking views on proposals to further simplify the automatic enrolment process and reduce burdens on employers.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Technical changes to automatic enrolment: consu… (26pp)
+2 more
↓ The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Automatic En… (7pp) ↓ Technical changes to automatic enrolment: government respon… (29pp)
28 Nov 2014 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Occupational and personal pension schemes: disclosure of information regulations amendments — consultation closed

This consultation seeks views on amendments to The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2013.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Consultation: The Occupational and Personal Pen… (8pp)
+2 more
↓ The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure o… (3pp) ↓ Government response: The Occupational and Personal Pension … (11pp)
3 Nov 2014 | Consultation outcome Department for Work and Pensions linked

Occupational and personal pension schemes: disclosure of information regulations amendments — consultation opened

This consultation seeks views on amendments to The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure of Information) Regulations 2013.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Consultation: The Occupational and Personal Pen… (8pp)
+2 more
↓ The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Disclosure o… (3pp) ↓ Government response: The Occupational and Personal Pension … (11pp)