Research Briefing
Occupational pension increases
Looks at the requirements on private sector Defined Benefit occupational pension schemes to index and revalue pension benefits and recent debates
Research Briefing
Looks at the requirements on private sector Defined Benefit occupational pension schemes to index and revalue pension benefits and recent debates
Research Briefing
This short briefing paper aims to provide context for provisions in clause 124 of the Pension Schemes Bill 2019/21 that would “require occupational pension schemes to manage the effects of climate change effectively as a financial risk to their investments and to report publicly on how they have done so.”
Debate Pack
A Westminster Hall debate on ‘The Future of pensions policy’ has been scheduled for Tuesday 8 December 2020 from 2.30pm to 4.00pm. The debate will be led by Rob Roberts MP
Research Briefing
This Commons Library Briefing paper looks at the debate on the pensions dashboard, which is being developed to enable people to view all their lifetime pension savings (including their state pension) in one place
Research Briefing
This note looks at the introduction of pension sharing on divorce provisions and points to some sources of information and guidance
Research Briefing
This briefing paper details the support available to armed forces veterans in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Insight
Spending on contributory benefits accounts for around 9% of social security expenditure on working-age adults and children.
Research Briefing
This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) which was one of the measures set up by the Pensions Act 2004. It was in response to a series of high-profile cases in which pension schemes had wound up with insufficient assets to meet their pension commitments. The PPF started operations on 6 April 2005 and applies to schemes that started winding up after that date.
Research Briefing
Briefing on the Social Security (Uprating of Benefits) Bill 2019-21, which would enable uprating of the State Pension and the Pension Credit Guarantee in the event of earnings falling year-on-year in the three months to July 2020
Research Briefing
Briefing on the legislation increasing the State Pension age for women born in the 1950s, and the campaigns against it
Research Briefing
This note looks at the development of the Railways Pension Scheme set up in 1994 following the privatisation of British Rail
Research Briefing
Looks at some of the issues currently raised in connection with Pension Credit
Research Briefing
This notes looks at the reforms to public service pensions introduced in 2015 under the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 and the implications of the Court of Appeal's decision that the transitional arrangements were discriminatory on grounds of age
Research Briefing
Armed Forces Pension Scheme and preserved pensions
Research Briefing
Looks at the Pensions Regulator's powers to protect pension scheme benefits and measures to strengthen them in the Pension Schemes Bill (HL} 2019/21
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