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Workplace Pensions: Young People

Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN HL1295, tabled on 27 June 2022

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce the eligibility age for auto-enrolment pensions to 18.

Answered on

11 July 2022

The government set out its ambitions to implement changes to automatic enrolment into workplace pensions in the mid-2020s, consistent with the 2017 Review of Automatic Enrolment, and we will do so as soon as possible. As part of the Review proposals, we committed to reduce the eligibility age for being automatically enrolled from age 22 to 18. Our implementation plans will be informed by consultation, including with businesses, workers, and their representatives, alongside our priorities to support the economy.