questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of defined benefit pension schemes in surplus where discretionary increases have been proposed by trustees but not implemented due to employer refusal.
answerText: The Government recognises the concerns of members of defined benefit pension schemes whose benefits accrued before 1997 are not subject to indexation.The design of pension benefits, including whether discretionary increases may be awarded and whether empl...
heading: Workplace Pensions: Increases