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Julian Knight
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(9 years, 6 months ago)
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Julian Knight (Solihull) (Con)
1. What assessment he has made of the effects of automatic enrolment on private sector pension saving.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Justin Tomlinson)
More than 5.2 million workers have been automatically enrolled in a workplace pension by their employer to date. Since the start of automatic enrolment, workplace pension membership in the private sector has risen from 32% in 2012 to 49% in 2014, a very positive start.
Julian Knight
With 135,000 firms set to auto-enrol their employees from January, does my hon. Friend agree that the work of non-governmental groups such as the Solihull-based Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals is key to the successful delivery of auto-enrolment and to meeting the savings challenge of 11 million Britons who are currently failing to put enough away for their retirement?