Pensions: this week in Parliament and GOV.UK

Week of Monday 26 October 2026 to Sunday 1 November 2026. Updated automatically every Monday from Policy Radar's archive of official sources; next update Monday 9 November 2026.

This week at a glance

Debates, statements and motions

• Contribution and retirement of Rev Leslie Edge

  Early day motion · Thu 29 Oct · edm.parliament.uk

• Statutory review of state pension and benefit rates: 2027/28

  Written statement, 2 items · Department for Work and Pensions · Wed 28 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Civil Service Pensions

  Debate, 8 items · Mon 26 Oct · hansard.parliament.uk

Select committees

• Letter from the Minister for Pensions relating to Tax treatment of pension death benefits under the two-year rule, 28 October 2026

  Committee · Public Accounts Committee · Wed 28 Oct · committees.parliament.uk

• Letter to the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions relating to Treasury Minute response - The Access to Work scheme, dated 27 October 2026

  Committee · Public Accounts Committee · Tue 27 Oct · committees.parliament.uk

Written questions and answers

• Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions

  13 written questions and answers · Cabinet Office · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• State Retirement Pensions: Uprating

  10 written questions and answers · Department for Work and Pensions · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people over state pension age…

  3 written questions and answers · Treasury · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Workplace Pensions

  2 written questions and answers · Treasury · Tue 27 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Workplace Pensions: Index Linking

  2 written questions and answers · Department for Work and Pensions · Mon 26 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Veterans: Workplace Pensions

  Written answer · Ministry of Defence · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• State Retirement Pensions

  Written answer · Department for Work and Pensions · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• What the taper rate for pensioners with incomes above the value of the pension tax allowance will be.

  Written question · Department for Work and Pensions · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Pursuant to the answers of 14 September 2026, to Question 21102, on Department for Work and Pensions: Public…

  Written question · Cabinet Office · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Whether he plans to make regulations under the Pensions Schemes Act 2026 to require trustees to consider…

  Written question · Department for Work and Pensions · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Whether the lump sum death benefit policy is being introduced due to issues with Civil Service pensions.

  Written question · Treasury · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• With reference to the Minister for Pensions' letter of 7 October 2026, whether the guidance on matters…

  Written question · Department for Work and Pensions · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

And 18 more question topics this week. Policy Radar alerts you to all of them for your own keywords.

GOV.UK: consultations, news and publications

• Civil Service Pension Recovery Plan Updates

  Publication · Cabinet Office · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Pension schemes newsletter 186 - October 2026

  Publication · HMRC · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Decision makers' guide: Vols 13 and 14: State Pension Credit: staff guide

  Publication · DWP · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Teachers' pension scheme payments: 2026 to 2027

  Publication · DfE · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Perceptions of the Department for Work and Pensions: Wave 4 (May to June 2026)

  Publication · DWP · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Pension Tax Allowance Explainer

  Publication · HMT · Wed 28 Oct · gov.uk

• Stamp Duty Land Tax - Local Government Pension Scheme Relief

  Publication · HMRC · Wed 28 Oct · gov.uk

• Income Tax: removing the pensions tax two-year rule

  Publication · HMRC · Wed 28 Oct · gov.uk

• Defined benefit pension scheme surplus payments to members

  Publication · HMRC · Wed 28 Oct · gov.uk

• Armed forces pensions

  Publication · MOD, VAPC, Veterans UK · Tue 27 Oct · gov.uk

How this page is made

Every Monday we search the official items Policy Radar collected in the past week (Monday to Sunday) for these words in the title: pensions, pension, state pension, pension schemes, annuities, retirement. Written questions on the same subject are grouped together, and amendments are grouped by bill. Matching on titles is quick but rough: some relevant items will be missing and a few may be off-topic. Each item links to the official page. For pension schemes, trustees and advisers.