Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when her Department plans to publish its joint review with Her Majesty’s Treasury on survivor benefits in occupational pension schemes.

The Review on survivor benefits provided a wealth of important information. Since then the Supreme Court judgement in Walker has changed the landscape of survivor benefits. The Government is assessing the detailed implications of the Review in the context of this important judgement and will respond in due course.