Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in the last 12 months how many employers who have autoenrolment pension responsibilities have failed to enrol all eligible employees.

Automatic Enrolment has transformed workplace pension saving, with over 10 million employees enrolled and over 1.9 million employers meeting their duties. The Pensions Regulator is responsible for maximising employer compliance with the automatic enrolment duties, using a risk-based approach to deter, prevent, or address non-compliance.

Employers must provide information to The Regulator to show they are meeting their automatic enrolment duties, which involves completing a declaration of compliance. The Regulator publishes regular information about employers who have complied with their duties, here Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance report | The Pensions Regulator. The Regulator also publishes data on how often they have used their regulatory powers, here Enforcement bulletins | The Pensions Regulator which shows that in the 12 months to the end of June 2021 The Regulator issued 60,870 Compliance Notices.

Pension scheme trustees and managers have the responsibility for monitoring, collecting and recovering contributions to their schemes in accordance with The Pensions Regulator’s code of practice. Pension schemes are required to report to The Pensions Regulator where there has been a material failure in the payment of contributions by employers.