Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 16
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Divorced women’s pensions are much lower than those of men.
Recommendation
Divorced women’s pensions are much lower than those of men. There appear to be no reliable, regularly reported statistics on the number of pension sharing orders made on divorce. Research indicates that it may be as low as 5% of divorces. As a first step towards a strategy to improve take-up of pension sharing on divorce, we recommend that DWP work with the Ministry of Justice and experts in the area to produce regular and reliable statistics on pension sharing orders. It should report to us on its plans for this by March 2023.
Paragraph Reference:
113
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 23 January 2023. Response attribution to this recommendation has not been verified. Read the response document ↗