Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Carolyn Harris and Yvonne Fovargue

Monday 13th November 2017 Commons Chamber

[Carolyn Harris (Swansea East) (Lab)]

4. What assessment the Government have made of the equity of pension provision between men and women.

[Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield) (Lab)]

6. What assessment the Government have made of the equity of pension provision between men and women.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Guy Opperman)]

In 2012, overall participation of female eligible employees in a workplace pension was 58%, but since the introduction of automatic enrolment this had increased to 80% in 2016. For males, this has increased from 52% to 76% in the same period.