Ministerial role

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions

Organisations: Department for Work and Pensions

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilities include:

• pensioner benefits, including new State Pension, Winter Fuel Payments and Pension Credit
• State Pension age review
• credit unions
• private and occupational pensions, including automatic enrolment and the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST)
• oversight of pensions arms-length bodies, including the Pensions Regulator, Pension Protection Fund, Financial Assistance Scheme, Pensions Advisory Service and Pensions Ombudsman

The role of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Pensions replaced the role of Minister of State for Pensions in July 2016.

Previous holders of this role

1. Lord Harrington

   2016 to 2017

Announcements

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• New chair appointed to The Pensions Advisory Service
  • 27 March 2017
  • Press release
• Defined benefit green paper to look at the security and sustainability of the sector
  • 20 February 2017
  • Press release
• New financial guidance body unveiled
  • 19 December 2016
  • News story
• Pension providers making good progress on reducing fees and charges
  • 13 December 2016
  • Press release
• Future life expectancy to be considered in first State Pension age review
  • 16 November 2016
  • Press release
• Pensions Minister moves to create exit charges equality
  • 15 November 2016
  • Press release
• More than 1.5 million personal State Pension forecasts requested since the launch of the new State Pension
  • 11 November 2016
  • Press release
• Tough new regulations for master trusts proposed to boost consumer protection
  • 20 October 2016
  • Press release
• The number of people saving as a result of automatic enrolment to hit 10 million
  • 13 October 2016
  • Press release
• Pensioners to benefit from reforms to long service cap
  • 15 September 2016
  • Press release

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