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Workplace Pension Auto-enrolment: Crawley

Monday 11 July 2022 · 2 questions

Summarised by AI from the official record, so it can contain mistakes.

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Answered 1 Partly answered 1 Not answered 0

Key points

  • Some 35,000 people have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension in the Crawley constituency since 2012.
  • The Minister thanked 1,690 employers for declaring compliance with their enrolment duties.
  • The People's Pension, a valued employer, was praised for making pensions accessible to the working population.

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Questions & Answers

Q1 Henry Smith Con
Benefits & Welfare
Context

The MP is inquiring about the number of people auto-enrolled into workplace pensions since the introduction of this policy.

Question

How many people have been auto-enrolled in workplace pensions in Crawley constituency since 2012?

Answer from Guy Opperman

Some 35,000 people have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension in the Crawley constituency since 2012. We thank the 1,690 employers who have declared compliance with their enrolment duties. Some 10.7 million people across the country are now saving into a workplace pension.

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Q2 Henry Smith Con
Benefits & Welfare
Context

Following the provision of statistics on auto-enrolment, the MP wants to recognise a specific local pension provider for its contributions.

Question

I am grateful to receive those figures from the Minister, and I congratulate the Government on the record numbers of people auto-enrolled into workplace pensions, both in my Crawley constituency and across the country. Will he also pay tribute to some of the pension providers, such as B&CE, the People's Pension, which is headquartered in Crawley?

Answer from Guy Opperman

I know the People's Pension very well, and have met its staff many times. I have had the great privilege of coming to Crawley and meeting the team behind such a great organisation. It is a much-valued employer that is doing great work in making pensions accessible to the working population, both in Crawley and all across the country. That matters, because we used to have 26% of young people and 40% of women saving for a pension, and those figures are now well above 80% across the country.

Partly answered

Not addressed: Specific tribute or acknowledgment not provided; general praise given instead

How: General Praise

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