Correspondence Nov. 09 2023
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: Correspondence from PAC Chair Dame Meg Hillier to Peter Schofield, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work & Pensions
Asked by: Paul Beresford (Conservative - Mole Valley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Third Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of 2023-24 on Defined benefit pension schemes, HC 144, published on 26 March 2024 and the Fifty-Seventh Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of 2022-23 on AEA Technology Pension Case, HC 1005, published on 14 June 2023, if he will publish a redress scheme for AEA Technology pension scheme members by 23 July 2024.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This is a complex issue, which spans the responsibility of several departments. My officials are in discussion with their counterparts at the Cabinet Office.
As part of the government’s response to the Third Report of the Work and Pensions Committee of 2023-24 on Defined Benefit pension schemes (HC144) we will carefully consider this issue, involving other relevant departments as appropriate and respond in due course.
Correspondence Nov. 23 2023
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: Correspondence from Peter Schofield CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions to PAC
Asked by: Charlotte Nichols (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce legislation to allow the (a) Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman and (b) Pensions Ombudsman to investigate complaints about the AEA Technology pension scheme.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
Complaints about the AEAT scheme have previously been considered by relevant government bodies, including The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) and The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO). Decisions on these complaints including whether they are able to investigate them have been taken according to the remits given to them by Parliament and other broader statutory constraints.
The Government has no plans to bring forward new legislation for these bodies in relation to this scheme.
Correspondence Dec. 06 2023
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)Found: Correspondence with the Minister for Pensions relating to the AEAT pension scheme Correspondence
Government Response Sep. 24 2023
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: 14 Fifty -seventh Report of Session 2022 -23 The Department for Work and Pensions AEA Technology
Government Response Nov. 23 2023
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: Correspondence from Peter Schofield CB, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions, re Treasury
Mentions:
1: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) I have in mind a scheme that I am sure he is familiar with: the Atomic Energy Authority Technology pension - Speech Link
2: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) Pensions Service will solve that. - Speech Link
3: Allan Dorans (SNP - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) As a matter of urgency, I strongly encourage the Pensions Minister, the Government and the Pensions Regulator - Speech Link
4: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) waiting to hear from his officials who were in discussions with the Cabinet Office about the AEA Technology - Speech Link
Correspondence Sep. 13 2023
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)Found: Correspondence with the Minister for Pensions relating to the AEAT pension scheme Correspondence
Laid - 7 Mar 2024 In Force 1 Apr 2024
This Order designates specified central government bodies in relation to named government departments for the purpose of those departments’ supply estimates and resource accounts.
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