Extract from DWP questions: Workplace Pension Auto-enrolment: Crawley - July 11

Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con): How many people have been auto-enrolled in workplace pensions in Crawley constituency since 2012.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Guy Opperman): Some 35,000 people have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension in the Crawley constituency since 2012. We thank the 1,690 employers who have declared compliance with their enrolment duties. Some 10.7 million people across the country are now saving into a workplace pension.

Henry Smith: I am grateful to receive those figures from the Minister, and I congratulate the Government on the record numbers of people auto-enrolled into workplace pensions, both in my Crawley constituency and across the country. Will he also pay tribute to some of the pension providers, such as B&CE, the People’s Pension  which is headquartered in Crawley?

Guy Opperman: I know the People’s Pension very well, and have met its staff many times. I have had the great privilege of coming to Crawley and meeting the team behind such a great organisation. It is a much-valued employer that is doing great work in making pensions accessible to the working population, both in Crawley and all across the country. That matters, because we used to have 26% of young people and 40% of women saving for a pension, and those figures are now well above 80% across the country.