Source · Select Committees · Work and Pensions Committee
Recommendation 20
20
Accepted
Paragraph: 128
It is clearly important that pension schemes can provide pension scheme members who have been...
Recommendation
It is clearly important that pension schemes can provide pension scheme members who have been auto-enrolled with information and tools to help them engage with their pensions. We recommend that TPR report back to us by March 2023 on the progress that has been made in resolving concerns that the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations prevent schemes from doing so.
Government Response Summary
The government will report back to the Committee by March 2023 on the progress made in resolving concerns about Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations preventing pension schemes from communicating with members, including engagement with the ICO and DCMS.
Paragraph Reference:
128
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The Pensions Regulator and the Department for Work and Pensions are continuing to work together, engaging with the Information Commissioner Office over how we can address the barriers faced by occupational pension schemes in communicating with their members in general and those who have been auto enrolled into schemes. We are also in dialogue with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport on how the provisions contained in the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill extending the ‘soft-opt- in’ rule in the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, to non-commercial organisations, will help pension schemes in this regard. We will report back to the Committee by March 2023 on the progress made on this issue.