Publications - December 2011


Pensions Policy Institute - 22nd December 2011

Pensions Policy Institute Until recently, people with Defined Contribution (DC) pension savings were effectively required by Government regulations to purchase an annuity with their pension fund by the time they reached age 75. Since April 2011 the Government has lifted the effective...


International Longevity Centre - 22nd December 2011

International Longevity Centre Given that we know that people are going to have to work for longer under the impacts of increased longevity and inadequate pension provision, this report delves into whether entrepreneurship could be a valid continuing career option for those approaching state...


Pensions Policy Institute - 20th December 2011

Pensions Policy Institute The data shown here has been selected by the Pensions Policy Institute to answer those questions we are most frequently asked – or those questions which we suggest should be more frequently asked - but where the data is not easily available from other sources.


HMRC - 20th December 2011

HMRC On 6 December 2011 draft secondary legislation to make changes to the system for transfers of pension savings to qualifying recognised overseas pension schemes (QROPS) was published for an 8 week consultation.
This document contains the draft guidance in...


Pensions Policy Institute - 19th December 2011

Private pension saving Prudential commissioned the PPI to produce a series of case studies illustrating the impact on employees of opting-out of workplace pension saving in the early stages of their working lives.
The examples shown in this report are hypothetical, and the outcomes are dependent...


Pensions Policy Institute - 16th December 2011

Pensions Policy Institute The pensions landscape in the UK is complex. The foundations of the UK pension system were laid in the 1940s. Since the 1960s, successive governments have changed both the state and private pension elements.
This document is intended to provide a...


International Longevity Centre - 16th December 2011

Driving for older people Older people as a cohort are more healthy and active than ever before and as such are also more mobile. They are more likely than ever before to be car users and be driving more miles.Nevertheless, many older people, for one reason or another often associated with...


Department for Work and Pensions - 9th December 2011

Department for Work and Pensions Online Pension Credit toolkit launched.
DWP now offers a free online Pension Credit toolkit for people working with vulnerable older people.The aim of the toolkit is to improve the quality of Pension Credit applications from external partners who complete forms for...


Department for Work and Pensions - 9th December 2011

Pensions and later life This report contains the findings of tracking research commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Communications Directorate and carried out in March 2011. The research was designed to enable DWP to track attitudes and intended/actual behaviours in...


Office for National Statistics - 2nd December 2011

Compiling estimates of state pension obligations ONS is working to produce the first official estimate of the total obligations, or gross liabilities, of UK pension schemes. The work began in 2009 as part of efforts to address new international requirements for the National Accounts.


Pensions Policy Institute - 1st December 2011

State Pension Age The State Pension Age (SPA) is the age at which people are first eligible to claim a state pension. The Coalition Government has recently passed legislation to raise the SPA more quickly than was legislated for by previous Governments. This briefing note explores the... of recent