Pensions
All Standard Notes
115 Documents
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 17.05.2013 | Single-tier state pension |
| This notes look at the Government's proposals to introduce a single-tier state pension for future pensioners from April 2016 | |
| 16.05.2013 | Single-tier State Pension - women born between 1951 and 1953 |
| This note looks at the arguments regarding those women born between April 1951 and 1953 who are expected not to be eligible for the Government's proposed Single-tier State Pension, although a man born on the same date may be. | |
| 16.05.2013 | Pensions Bill 2013-14 |
| Looks at provisions in the Pensions Bill 2013/14 and will follow its progress through Parliament. | |
| 15.05.2013 | State pension: 25 pence age addition |
| Looks at the 25 pence age addition paid to recipients of the state pension age 80 and over | |
| 30.04.2013 | Pensions: income drawdown |
| On retirement, people with money purchase pension schemes can buy an annuity or enter an income drawdown arrangement. This note focuses on developments in drawdown policy in recent years | |
| 29.04.2013 | Public Service Pensions Bill - Lords stages |
| A guide to main issues of debate on the Bill in the House of Lords | |
| 25.04.2013 | Support for Mortgage Interest scheme |
| Help with mortgage costs is available to claimants of certain means-tested benefits for people not in full-time work. The schemes are collectively known as Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI). Payments are made towards mortgage interest payments and are generally made direct to lenders. | |
| 25.04.2013 | Self Invested Personal Pension Schemes (SIPPS) |
| Looks at some of the issues raised in connection with SIPPS, such as the restrictions on investments and the regulatory framework. | |
| 18.04.2013 | Restricting pension tax relief |
| Looks at recent measures to restrict pension tax relief | |
| 27.03.2013 | Pensions of ministers and senior office holders |
| This note looks at the pension arrangements for ministers and senior office holders, such as the Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and Speaker of the House of Commons. | |
| 20.03.2013 | The Pensions Regulator: Powers to protect pension benefits |
| This note looks at the powers of the Pensions Regulator's powers to protect pension scheme benefits. | |
| 20.03.2013 | Pension scheme funding requirements |
| This note covers the main measures of pension scheme funding, the reviews leading up to the introduction of the scheme specific funding requirements; the key elements of the requirements; TPR's approach to regulating scheme funding and current proposals for reform. | |
| 15.03.2013 | Firefighters Pension Schemes - reforms to 2010 |
| This note covers the development of the Firefighters' Pension Schemes and current reform issues | |
| 15.03.2013 | Firefighters pension schemes - current reforms |
| 15.03.2013 | Public service pension age |
| This note looks at proposals to increase the normal pension age in public service pension schemes | |
| 15.03.2013 | Public service pension age - 2010 onwards |
| Looks at the proposed changes to the normal pension age as part of the current Government's reforms to public service pensions | |
| 13.03.2013 | Pensions: civil partnerships and same sex marriages |
| This note looks at the way in which forming a civil partnership affects rights to state, occupational and personal pensions and at the relevant provisions in the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill 2012-13 | |
| 07.03.2013 | Pensions: annuities |
| Provides an overview of the options available to people intending to purchase an annuity on retirement | |
| 04.03.2013 | Viral emails protesting about financial assistance for "illegal immigrants/refugees living in Britain" |
| A viral email claims that "illegal immigrants/refugees living in Britain" receive significantly more financial assistance from the Government than UK pensioners. The email originates from abroad and the figures quoted do not reflect the true situation in the United Kingdom. | |
| 04.03.2013 | Pensions: Automatic enrolment - 2010 onwards |
| The Workplace pension reforms will start to be introduced from 2012. Employers will be required to automatically enrol workers into a qualifying pension scheme and, unless the worker opts out, make minimum contributions. | |
| 01.03.2013 | MPs' Pension Scheme - 2012 onwards |
| This note provides an overview of MPs' pensions and current proposals for reform. Further detail on the background can be found in SN 01844 MPs Pension Scheme - background | |
| 12.02.2013 | Public Service Pensions Bill 2012/13: devolved administrations |
| Looks at the extent to which the Public Service Pensions Bill 2012 applies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland | |
| 07.02.2013 | State Pension age - background |
| Looks at changes in the State Pension age up to and including the Pensions Act 2011 | |
| 07.02.2013 | State Pension age 2012 onwards |
| This note looks at the debate on the State Pension age from 2012 onwards | |
| 07.02.2013 | State Pension Uprating - 2010 onwards |
| Looks at the policy on uprating the State Pension and Pension Credit and how this is changing | |
| 22.01.2013 | State Pension Reform |
| Looks at proposals to introduce a single-tier flat-rate State Pension | |
| 10.01.2013 | State Second Pension |
| This note outlines the development of the State Second Pension | |
| 10.01.2013 | MPs Pension Scheme - background |
| This note provides background on the pension scheme for MPs - the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund - and its development to 2011. The current debate on reform of the scheme is covered in SN 6283 MPs pensions - 2012 onwards | |
| 19.12.2012 | 2013 Benefit Uprating |
| State pension, benefits and tax credits increase in April 2013 - this note sets out how the new rates are calculated | |
| 19.12.2012 | Pension scheme charges |
| Looks at pension scheme charges, their impact and the regulatory framework | |
| 12.11.2012 | Teachers' Pensions |
| This note looks at the Teachers' Pension Scheme and proposals for reform. | |
| 29.10.2012 | Civil Service Pension Scheme |
| Provides an overview of the development of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme and current proposals for reform | |
| 26.10.2012 | Public service pension reform - 2010 onwards |
| This notes looks at the current review of public service pensions and the context in which it is taking place | |
| 25.10.2012 | Winter Fuel Payments update |
| The Winter Fuel Payment is a tax-free annual payment to help older people meet the cost of their winter fuel bills. The 'standard' rates are £200 per eligible household where the oldest person is under 80, and £300 for households containing a person aged 80 or over. | |
| 25.10.2012 | Cold Weather Payments for winter 2012/2013 |
| Cold Weather Payments of 25 pounds a week are made to certain recipients of Income Support, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance or Pension Credit during periods of very cold weather. To 'trigger' the payments, the average temperature at a specified weather station must be recorded as, or forecast to be, zero degrees or below for seven consecutive days. | |
| 18.10.2012 | Pensions and pensioners' incomes: Social Indicators page |
| A summary of trends in pensioners' incomes. | |
| 18.10.2012 | NHS Pension Scheme |
| This note looks at the development of the NHS Pension Scheme and proposals for reform | |
| 03.10.2012 | Police Pension Scheme |
| This note provides an overview of the development of the Police Pension Schemes and highlights some ongoing issues. | |
| 12.09.2012 | Pensions: Automatic enrolment - background |
| Under the workplace pension reforms, employers will be required to automatically enrol jobholders into, and to contribute to, a qualifying work place pension scheme. | |
| 31.08.2012 | Pension Payday |
| This note looks at the rules for making payments of the state pension, and how these are changing. | |
| 24.08.2012 | Winter Fuel Payments for 'off-gas grid' households |
| Four million (15% of) households in the UK are not connected to the mains gas grid and their average fuel costs are signifiantly higher than those with a mains gas supply. A Private Members Bill presented by Mike Weir MP aims to help older off-grid households by bringing forward the timing of Winter Fuel Payments to enable them to purchase fuel at a time of year when prices are likely to be lower. | |
| 23.08.2012 | TUPE and Pensions |
| This note covers the development of measures to protect occupational pensions on transfer of employment, including the 'Fair Deal' policy covering transfers from the public sector | |
| 23.08.2012 | Inherited SERPS |
| Looks at inherited SERPS provisions, including the reduction in the proportion that can be inherited from 2002 | |
| 21.08.2012 | Public service pensions - background |
| Includes facts and figures on public service pensions and looks at how costs are measured | |
| 20.08.2012 | Pension lump sums |
| Looks at the lump sum payments that can be made from a private pension, such as tax-free lump sum | |
| 26.07.2012 | Pension Protection Fund |
| This note provides an outline of the PPF and discusses some of the challenges facing it | |
| 25.07.2012 | Local Government Pension Scheme, 2010 onwards |
| This note provides a summary of recent reforms to the LGPS and the debate around future reforms | |
| 23.07.2012 | Pensioner benefits |
| Looks at the main benefits available to pensioners, in addition to the State Pension and Pension Credit. | |
| 19.06.2012 | Armed Forces pensions - 2011 onwards |
| Provides an over view of armed forces pensions and current reform issues | |
| 08.06.2012 | Carer's Allowance and the Retirement Pension |
| Carer's Allowance cannot be paid in addition to the Retirement Pension because of the "overlapping benefits" rule. This note looks at the rationale for this rule, and at the positions of both the current Government and the previous Labour Government on payment of Carer's Allowance to people over State Pension Age. | |
| 01.06.2012 | Occupational pensions: survivors benefits for cohabitants |
| This note sets out the legal framework providing for payment of a survivor's pension to the partner of a scheme member, where that person was neither married or in a civil partnership. | |
| 01.06.2012 | Local Government Pension Scheme: 2008 reforms |
| This note looks at reforms introduced to the Local Government Pension Scheme in April 2008. The current debate on further reforms to the scheme is in SN 5823 Local Government Pension Scheme - 2010 onwards | |
| 04.05.2012 | Public service pension increases |
| Covers arrangements for uprating public service pensions. | |
| 30.04.2012 | Public service pension contributions |
| Looks at current proposals to increase employee contributions to public service pension schemes | |
| 21.03.2012 | Royal Mail Pension Plan |
| This note looks at the development of the Royal Mail Pension Plan and at debates about how the funding deficit should be dealt with. | |
| 22.02.2012 | Occupational pension increases |
| Looks at the minimum requirements on private sector Defined Benefit occupational pension schemes to index and revalue pension benefits | |
| 15.02.2012 | Tax and private pensions |
| This note provides a general overview of the tax treatment of private pensions and current reform proposals. | |
| 10.02.2012 | Population ageing: statistics |
| Population ageing: statistics. By Tom Rutherford. SN/SG/3228. | |
| 10.02.2012 | Guaranteed Minimum Pension - annual increases |
| Between 1978 and 1997, contracted-out defined benefit pension schemes were required to provide a Guaranteed Minimum Pension (GMP). This note provides a brief overview of the requirements for annually increasing the GMP. | |
| 06.02.2012 | Pension sharing on divorce |
| This note looks at the introduction of provisions allowing pension sharing on divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership and at some recent changes to the rules. | |
| 30.01.2012 | Pension contribution conditions |
| This note covers the contribution conditions for the state pension, reforms introduced by the Pensions Act 2007 and the current Government's proposals for reform. | |
| 23.12.2011 | 2012 Benefit Uprating |
| Sets out the basis for the uprating of benefits and tax credits in the 2012-13 financial year. | |
| 21.12.2011 | Public service pension schemes - cost capping and sharing |
| This note looks at the mechanisms introduced as part of reforms to the four large public service pension schemes in 2007-08 to cap the contributions made by employers, thereby limiting the liability of the taxpayer. The current Government has decided to replace this policy with employee contribution increases. | |
| 05.12.2011 | Uprating of social security benefits |
| Most but not all benefits are uprated in April each year, by reference to the increase in prices over the year to the previous September. The current Government has adopted the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) as the measure of inflation for uprating purposes. CPI tends to rise more slowly than the measures used. previously. The CPI for September 2011 was higher than expected, and media reports have suggested that the Government was considering changing the basis for uprating benefits. In the Autumn Statement the Chancellor announced that while benefits would increase by the full CPI from April 2011, the couple and lone parent elements of Working Tax Credit would be frozen and the child element of Child Tax Credit would increase by less than was planned. | |
| 28.11.2011 | The CPI - uprating benefits and pensions |
| Article discussion the implications of the June 2010 Budget Coalition Government announcement that the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) would be used to uprate benefits, and state pensions, including public service pensions. | |
| 22.11.2011 | Pension Credit |
| This note looks at how Pension Credit works and some of the main issues raised in connection with it. | |
| 16.11.2011 | Gurkha Pensions |
| This note looks at the pension arrangements for Gurkhas | |
| 03.11.2011 | Pensions Bill 2011 - final stages |
| Section 1 of the Pensions Act 2011 will accelerate the increase in the State Pension age to 66. The amended the Bill in its final stages to cap the maximum increase in women's State Pension age at 18 months relative to the previously legislated timetable. This note also looks at this and other Government amendments to the Bill in its final stages. It complements and updates Library Research Paper 11/68 Pensions Bill: Commitee Stage Report. | |
| 26.08.2011 | Welfare Reform Bill 2010-12: Commons Report Stage and Third Reading |
| The Commons Report Stage and Third Reading of the Welfare Reform Bill took place on 13 and 15 June. Amendments relating to the Universal Credit, housing support, the Social Fund and the Personal Independence Payment were debated, but other groups of amendments -including those on Employment and Support Allowance changes and the benefit cap - were not discussed as proceedings on each day reached the deadlines specified in the programme motion before they could be considered. | |
| 27.07.2011 | Frozen Overseas Pensions |
| Looks at why the UK state pension is not uprated in some overseas countries, the debates on this policy and the recent legal challenge. | |
| 15.07.2011 | Sources of social statistics: social security and pensions |
| A brief guide to sources of statistics on benefits and pensions. | |
| 22.06.2011 | Pension Credit statistics |
| Pension Credit Statistics. By Tom Rutherford. SN/SG/2756. | |
| 07.06.2011 | Benefit and tax credit recipients by local area |
| Latest benefit and tax credit recipient numbers by local authority, focusing on benefits affected by changes in 2010 Budget | |
| 23.03.2011 | Contracting out of the State Second Pension |
| This note outlines the arrangements for contracting out of the State Second Pension | |
| 07.03.2011 | Armed Forces Pension Scheme, legacy issues |
| Looks at campaigns for retrospective improvements of armed forces pensions | |
| 04.03.2011 | Armed forces pension reform,1995 - 2005 |
| Covers the reform process which lead up to the introduction of Armed Forces Pension Scheme 2005 | |
| 31.01.2011 | Pension age: occupational and personal pensions |
| Looks at the pension age for occupational and personal pension schemes | |
| 05.01.2011 | Support for Mortgage Interest: the standard rate from 1 October 2010 |
| The Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) scheme provides help with mortgage interest payments for claimants of certain means-tested benefits. From 1 October 2010 the standard interest rate used to calculate SMI payments was cut from 6.08 per cent to 3.63 per cent. This note looks at the background to the change and at the issues it raises. | |
| 23.12.2010 | Cold Weather Payments for winter 2010/2011 |
| Cold Weather Payments are made to certain claimants of means-tested benefits during periods of very cold weather. To trigger the £25 payments, the average temperature in an area must be recorded as, or forecast to be, 0°C or below for seven consecutive days. | |
| 20.12.2010 | 2011 Benefit Uprating |
| From April 2011 rates of many benefits and Tax Credits will increase; this will mainly be in line with the 3.1% annual increase in the CPI to September 2010. Exceptionally, this year the basic state retirement pension will be increased by the 4.6%. The Government is committed to a "triple lock" for uprating the basic state pension, which means in future it will be increased by the highest of the increase in earnings, prices (as reflected in the CPI increase) or 2.5%. This year, to ensure the basic state pension is in line with the previous uprating rules, the increase in the RPI is being used. There is a requirement for Pension Credit to be increased in line with earnings. However, to ensure the least well-off pensioners benefit from the triple guarantee, the standard minimum income guarantee in Pension Credit will increase in April 2011 by the cash rise in a full basic State Pension. This note sets out the basis for the April 2011 uprating. It focuses on the Retirement Pension and Pension Credit but also contains a summary of the main benefit and tax credit rates before and after the uprating. Child Benefit is frozen until April 2014. | |
| 24.11.2010 | Public service pension reform - 1997-2010 |
| This note looks at the main reforms to public service pensions from 1997 up until the 2010 general election | |
| 09.11.2010 | National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) |
| This note outlines the development of proposals for NEST (a national, low cost pension scheme aimed at low to moderate earners) | |
| 03.09.2010 | Civil Service Compensation Scheme |
| This note covers reforms to the scheme providing compensation to civil servants made redundant. | |
| 20.07.2010 | Pension uprating - background |
| This note explains the development of the uprating arrangements for the State Pension and Pension Credit. | |
| 28.06.2010 | Deferred Retirement Increments |
| Looks at the provisions for people to defer claiming their state pension, in return for which they can receive a higher weekly pension or lump sum | |
| 31.03.2010 | Mineworkers' pensions |
| Covers the arrangements made for mineworkers' pensions following privatisation of British Coal in 1994. | |
| 22.03.2010 | Financial Assistance Scheme, 2008 - |
| This note provides a brief overview of the development of the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) and its current provisions. | |
| 11.03.2010 | State Second Pension: Contracted out deductions |
| This note looks at the interaction between contracted-out pensions and the state pension | |
| 25.02.2010 | 2010 Benefit Uprating |
| From April 2010 rates of many benefits and Tax Credits will change, mostly they will increase by one of three factors: +2.5% Basic State Pension +1.8% Standard minimum guarantee Pension Credit, Income Support, Council Tax Benefit, Housing Benefit +1.5% Attendance Allowance, Carer's Allowance, Child Benefit, Disability Living Allowance, Working & Child Tax Credits The 1.5% increase is being paid by "bringing forward" a proportion of the increase expected in April 2011. Next year, any increase over 1.5% will be paid in the usual way. For some benefits there is to be no increase in April 2010. For example, pensions on top of the basic state pension (additional pension, increments to the pension, Graduated Retirement Benefit) and dependency increases will remain at the same rates. This note sets out the basis for the April 2010 uprating of the main social security benefits. It focuses on the Retirement Pension and Pension Credit but also contains a summary of the main benefit and tax credit rates before and after the uprating. | |
| 25.01.2010 | Support for domestic energy users |
| This note sets out financial support available to domestic energy consumers, including grants for central heating, insulation, microgeneration equipment and social security measures. It also explains how to seek advice or information about gas and electricity problems from Consumer Direct and the Energy Ombudsman. | |
| 22.01.2010 | Cold Weather Payments |
| Cold Weather Payments. By Steven Kennedy. SN/SP/696. | |
| 23.09.2009 | Deregulatory Review of Private Pensions |
| Outlines review recommendations and subsequent policy changes. | |
| 15.09.2009 | Married women and state pensions |
| This note looks at how married women can build state pension entitlement and the option to pay reduced rate National Insurance Contributions until 1977. | |
| 20.08.2009 | Local government pension scheme: 85 year rule |
| Covers the abolition of the rule of 85 in the Local Government Pension Scheme and the transitional protection arrangements | |
| 17.07.2009 | Public sector pension overpayments |
| Looks at the announcement on 16 December 2008 regarding overpayments to some members of public sector pension schemes | |
| 02.07.2009 | Bankers' Pensions (Limits) Bill |
| Looks at a Private Member's Bill which would enable limits to be placed on the occupational pension entitlement of the director of a bank which has been taken wholly or partly into public ownership. | |
| 25.06.2009 | Railways pension scheme (RPS) |
| This note looks at the development of the Railways Pension Scheme set up in 1994 following the privatisation of British Rail | |
| 16.06.2009 | Executive Remuneration in UK Banking |
| This standard note provides an overview of executive compensation in seven of the UK's largest banks. It examines the composition of executive remuneration with a focus on the payment of bonuses and the circumstances in which they are paid | |
| 24.04.2009 | What happens when prices fall? |
| Inflation as measured by the RPI was -0.3% in March 2009, the first time it has been negative since 1960. It is likely to continue to be negative for some months to come in 2009 with possible consequences for pensions, benefits and taxes. | |
| 09.03.2009 | Defined Benefit pension schemes |
| Looks at factors influencing trends in Defined Benefit pensions schemes and recent policy initiatives. | |
| 15.12.2008 | 2009 Benefit Uprating |
| Sets out the basis for the uprating of benefits and tax credits in 2009 | |
| 11.12.2008 | Pension tax simplification |
| Covers development of "pension tax simplification" rules introduced by Finance Act 2004. Updated to include Pre-Budget 2008 announcement. | |
| 27.11.2008 | Carers and Pensions |
| This note looks at how time out of the labour market is credited for state pension purposes (and how this is changing); carers' benefits for people of pension age; and some recent private pension reforms including the recent change regarding class 3 National Insurance Contributions. | |
| 23.10.2008 | Minimum Funding Requirement |
| 11.12.2007 | Pensions - international comparisons |
| Pensions - international comparisons. By Richard Cracknell. SN/SG/290. | |
| 06.12.2007 | 2008 Benefit Uprating |
| Benefit and pension rates from April 2008 | |
| 30.10.2006 | 2007 Benefit Uprating |
| Sets out social security and tax credit rates from April 2007, including underpinning factors | |
| 06.12.2005 | 2006 Benefit Uprating |
| 17.03.2005 | 2005 Benefit Uprating |
| 2005 Benefit Uprating. By Richard Cracknell. SN/SG/3275. | |
| 04.02.2004 | 2004 benefit uprating |
| 2004 benefit uprating. By Richard Cracknell. SN/SG/2781. | |
| 31.03.2003 | 2003 Benefit Uprating |
| 2003 Benefit Uprating. By Richard Cracknell. SN/SG/1969. | |
| 15.03.2002 | 2002 Benefit Uprating |
| Social Security Benefits Uprating 2002. By Richard Cracknell. SN/SG/1715. | |
| 10.11.2000 | 2001 benefit uprating |
| 2001 benefit uprating. By Richard Cracknell. SN/SG/577. | |
| 07.12.1999 | 2000 benefit uprating |
| 2000 benefit uprating. By Richard Cracknell. SN/SG/300. | |
| 26.01.1999 | 1999 benefit uprating |
| 1999 benefit uprating. By Richard Cracknell. SN/SG/195. |
All Research Papers
23 Documents
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 29.11.2012 | Public Service Pensions Bill: Committee Stage Report |
| This is a report on the Public Bill Committee stage of the Public Service Pensions Bill. It is designed to complement Research Paper RP 12/57, which covers in more detail the background to the Bill. | |
| 16.10.2012 | Public Service Pensions Bill [Bill 70 of 2012/13] |
| The Public Service Pensions Bill would establish a framework enabling the Government to introduce new public service pension schemes. | |
| 06.10.2011 | Pensions Bill: Committee Stage Report |
| This is a report on the Public Bill Committee Stage of the Pensions Bill. It is designed to complement Research Paper Pensions Bill (RP 11/52), which covers in more detail the background to the Bill and the debates in the House of Lords. | |
| 16.06.2011 | Pensions Bill [HL], Bill 183 of 2010-12 |
| This paper has been prepared for the Second Reading debate in the House of Commons on the Pensions Bill and outlines the main changes to the paper. | |
| 07.03.2011 | Welfare Reform Bill: Universal Credit provisions |
| The Welfare Reform Bill provides for the introduction of a 'Universal Credit' to replace a range of existing means-tested benefits and tax credits for people of working age, starting from 2013. The Bill follows the November 2010 White Paper, Universal Credit: welfare that works, which set out the Government's proposals for reforming welfare to improve work incentives, simplify the benefits system and tackle administrative complexity. | |
| 08.10.2010 | Superannuation Bill: Committee Stage Report |
| Clause 1 of this Bill would cap compensation payable under the Civil Service Compensation Scheme at a maximum of 12 months' pay for compulsory redundancy and 15 months' pay for voluntary exits. Clause 2 provides for clause 1 to expire after 12 months unless repealed, extended or revived using order-making powers. The Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government invited the civil service unions to negotiate a 'sustainable and practical and practical long-term successor scheme'. On 7 October, the Government announced that it had concluded its negotiations with five of the six unions on a new scheme. | |
| 01.09.2010 | Superannuation Bill [Bill No 58 of 2010-11] |
| This Paper has been written for the Second Reading debate in the House of Commons. Clause 1 of the Bill would cap compensation payable under the Civil Service Compensation Scheme at a maximum of 12 months' pay for compulsory redundancy and 15 months' for voluntary exits. Clause 2 provides for clause 1 to expire after 12 months, unless repealed, extended or revived using order-making powers. The Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government has invited the civil service unions to negotiate a 'sustainable and practical long term successor scheme'. | |
| 13.03.2009 | Welfare Reform Bill: Committee Stage report |
| This is a report on the Committee Stage of the Welfare Reform Bill. It complements Research Papers 09/08 and 09/09 prepared for Commons Second Reading. | |
| 23.01.2009 | Welfare Reform Bill: social security provisions |
| This paper is one of two which examine the main proposals of the Welfare Reform Bill 2008-09. It deals with Part 1 of the Bill, which includes provisions to establish a 'work for your benefit' scheme for the long-term unemployed, to allow piloting of the 'personalised conditionality' regime, and to enable the future abolition of income support. See also Research Paper 09/09. | |
| 14.03.2008 | Pensions Bill: Committee Stage Report |
| Pensions Bill: Committee Stage Report. House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/27. | |
| 19.12.2007 | Pensions Bill [Bill 25 of 2007-08] |
| The Pensions Bill. (Bill 25 of 2007-08). House of Commons Library Research Paper 07/94. | |
| 12.01.2007 | Pensions Bill (Bill 12 2006-07) |
| The Pensions Bill (Bill 12 2006-07). House of Commons Library Research Paper 07/05 | |
| 26.10.2005 | Rights of Savers Bill (Bill 15 of 2005-06) |
| The Rights of Savers Bill (Bill 15 of 2005-06). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/69 | |
| 29.04.2004 | Age-Related Payments Bill (Bill 92 2003/04) |
| Age-Related Payments Bill. (Bill 92 2003/04). House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/34. | |
| 25.02.2004 | Pensions Bill (Bill 57 2003/04) |
| Pensions Bill (Bill 57 2003/04). House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/18. | |
| 08.01.2004 | Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill (Bill 10 2003/04) |
| Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Bill (Bill 10 2003/04). House of Commons Library Research Paper 04/05. | |
| 05.03.2003 | Retirement Income Reform Bill (Bill 18 of 2002/03) |
| The Bill would introduce provisions based on proposals published in March 2000 by the Retirement Income Working Party, a group made up of academics and industry representatives. | |
| 21.03.2002 | State Pension Credit Bill (HL) (Bill 98 of 2001-02) |
| State Pension Credit Bill (HL) ( Bill 98 of 2001/02). House of Commons Library Research Paper 02/19. | |
| 21.12.2001 | Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill (Bill 12 of 2001-02) |
| Pension Annuities (Amendment) Bill (Bill 12 of 2001/02). House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/118 | |
| 31.08.2001 | Stakeholder pensions |
| Stakeholder Pensions. House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/69. | |
| 17.12.1999 | Pensions: provisions in part II of the Child Support Pensions and Social Security Bill (Bill 9 1999/2000) |
| Pensions: provisions in Part II of the Child Support Pensions and Social Security Bill (Bill 9 of 1999/2000). House of Commons Library Research Paper 99/109. | |
| 16.12.1999 | Social sec. war pension and National Insurance provisions in the Child Support Pensions and Social Security Bill (Bill 9 1999/2000) |
| Social security, war pension and National Insurance provisions in the Child Support Pensions and Social Security Bill (Bill 9 of 1999/2000). House of Commons Library Research Paper 99/108. | |
| 19.02.1999 | Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill (Bill 44 of 1998/99) |
| Welfare Reform and Pensions Bill (Bill 44 of 1998/99). House of Commons Library Research Paper 99/19. |
