Consultation outcome

Protecting defined benefit pension schemes – a stronger Pensions Regulator

From:

Department for Work and Pensions

Published:

26 June 2018

Last updated:

11 February 2019

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27 June 2018
Added PDF version of consultation.
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Government response: Protecting defined benefit pension schemes – a stronger Pensions Regulator

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Detail of outcome

The government published its response to this consultation on 11 February 2019.

Original consultation

Summary

This consultation sets out plans to improve the regulator’s powers and increase the protections for defined benefit scheme members.

This consultation ran from
26 June 2018 to 11:45pm on 21 August 2018

Consultation description

This consultation sets out proposals to improve the Pensions Regulator’s powers so that they can:

be more proactive and get involved earlier when employers make changes which could affect the pension scheme
obtain the right information about a scheme and its sponsoring employer
get redress for members if things go wrong

This consultation is aimed at:

pension scheme trustees and managers
pension scheme members and beneficiaries
defined benefit scheme sponsoring employers
other industry bodies and professionals
any other interested stakeholders

It follows publication of the government’s white paper Protecting defined benefit pension schemes published in March 2018.

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