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Occupational Pensions

Volume 455: debated on Tuesday 9 January 2007

15. To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of trends in the provision of occupational pension schemes. (113161)

Results from the Employers’ Pension Provision Survey show that in 2000 and 2003, 7 per cent. of private sector firms in Great Britain provided occupational pensions. In 2005 occupational pensions were provided by 6 per cent. of private sector firms in 2005, these firms employed 44 per cent. of all private sector employees.