Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on private sector pension schemes of the decision to provide full indexation of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions earned in public service to people who reach State Pension Age on or after 6 December 2018 and before 6 April 2021.
On the 22 January, the Government announced that it would continue to provide full indexation for GMPs earned in public service for those reaching State Pension age on or after 6 December 2018 and before 6 April 2021. The Government considered the impacts of this decision on the private sector as part of its consultation on this issue: