Consultation

Pensions Consultations

NB: OPA responses to consultations can be downloaded by clicking on “Yes” in the right hand column.

Date	Closing Date for Response	Title	OPA Response
20th Feb 2017	14th May 2017.	Green Paper on Defined Benefits Consultation. Click to the relevant section of the DWP website for full contents. OPA overview statement by Council Chairman submitted 14th May 2017. Click to access Final OPA submission to DWP on 13th May 2017. Click to access
Aug 2016 – Jan 2017	23 Sep 201630 Nov 2016 for oral submission.	Work and Pensions Enquiry into defined benefit pension schemes and their sustainability following the BHS and British Steel crises. Details of Enquiry and Requirements. Click to the relevant section of the Select Committee website Enquiry report now published on December 19th 2016 and can be accessed in the relevent section of the Pensions Select committee website. The submissions by OPA and NFOP are recorded towards the end of the report. Select Committee Enquiry Report as published 19th December 2016	OPA Submission 22nd September 2016. Click to accessAdditional Submission by Bill Pitt on behalf of OPA 23rd October 2016 Click to access.
Jul 2015	Sep 2015	OPA Consultation response re Proposed changes in indexation of Consumer Price Index Questionnaire Click to access	Decision delayed following Chief Statisticians recommendations in March 2016 and government changes.
Feb 2014	07/02/14	OPA Consultation Regulation response	Being considered
Dec 2013	19/12/13	OPA Submission in Pensions Consultation – Reshaping Occupational Pensions	Being considered
2013	30/09/13	There are no relevant consultations affecting occupational matters during 2013 as at August 2013, except that an ONS RPI/CPI indexation paper is currently being discussed.	Being considered
30/04/12	11/06/12	DWP: Automatic enrolment Career Average schemes in Qualifying Schemes	TBA
27/02/12	13/04/12	Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry into governance and best practice in workplace pension provision	No
20/01/12	12/04/12	Draft Occupational Pension Schemes and Pension Protection Fund (Equality) (Amendment) Regulations 2012	No
01/12/11	23/03/12	Meeting future workplace pension challenges: improving transfers and dealing with small pension pots	No
23/11/11	15/02/12	Solvency II Framework	TBA
14/02/11	26/04/11	Workplace Retirement Income Commission Consultation	No, but see NFOP response
08/12/10	02/03/11	The impact of using CPI as the measure of price increases on private sector occupational pension schemes Government response to consultation	Yes
02/11/10	24/12/10	Office for National Statistics Work Programme Consultation Paper	Yes
18/10/10	10/01/11	The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2011 Consultation on draft regulations	TBA
12/08/10	03/11/10	DWP:The Financial Assistance Scheme and Pension Protection Fund (Valuation, Revaluation and Indexation Amendments) Regulations 2011 – public consultation on draft regulations	No
29/07/10	21/10/10	BIS & DWP: Phasing out the default retirement age	TBA
07/07/10	15/11/10	EU Green Paper on Pensions	No
28/06/10	31/07/10	Independent Public Service Pensions Commission	No
24/06/10	06/08/10	When should the state pension age increase to 66?	No
13/04/10	21/05/10	Board for Actuarial Standards: Exposure Draft: Pensions (Amended)	Yes
01/12/09	01/03/10	tPR: Consultation on revised guidance for internal controls	No
17/09/09	19/11/09	Employer Debt (Section 75 of the Pensions Act 1995) – consultation on draft regulations DWP Response to consultation	No
31/07/09	11/09/09	PPF – Changes to Valuation Assumptions	No
28/04/09	20/07/09	Pensions – Consultation on draft scheme order and rules	In draft
12/03/09	06/05/09	Review of Disclosure of Information Requirements applying to Occupational, Personal & Stakeholder Pension Schemes DWP Response to consultation	Yes
12/03/09	29/05/09	Financial Reporting Council: Board for Actuarial Standards: Exposure Draft: Reporting Actuarial Information March 2009	Response by AMIPP
30/01/09	03/03/09	Tackling Pensioner Poverty in Great Britain	Yes
18/11/08	13/02/09	Consultation on the Future Development of the Pension Protection Levy	No
13/10/08	31/12/08	Review of the trustee knowledge and understanding code of practice and scope guidance	Yes
01/10/08	17/10/08	Payments to the Employer (the “surplus” rules) (restricted circulation)	Yes
02/09/08	28/10/08	DWP Consultation – Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Amendment) Regulations 2009	No
13/08/08	01/10/08	DRAFT OECD GUIDELINES FOR PENSION FUND GOVERNANCE	No
08/08/08	19/09/08	TPR: Guidance on calculation of cash equivalent transfer values	No
06/06/08	28/08/08	DWP: Risk Sharing Consultation	No
31/01/08	14/07/08	Accounting Standards Board: The Financial Reporting of Pensions	Yes
28/04/08	20/06/08	The Powers of the Pensions Regulator: Amendments to the anti-avoidance measures in the Pensions Act 2004	No
22/02/08	30/05/08	TPR: Conflicts of Interest	Yes
01/02/08	12/05/08	TPR: Good practice when choosing assumptions for defined benefit pension schemes with a special focus on mortality	Yes
03/03/08	15/04/08	TPR: Winding up consultation Response to consultation	No
01/03/08	15/04/08	TPR: Avoiding delays in winding up pension schemes (Document 2)	No
01/03/08	23/06/08	HM Treasury: Myners II	Yes
25/10/07	18/12/07	The Occupational Pension Schemes (Internal Dispute Resolution Procedures Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008	TBA
25/10/07	15/12/07	TPR: Consultation document: Code of practice: Dispute resolution – reasonable periods	No
22/10/07	15/11/07	Deregulatory Review:The reviewers’ report and the Government response DWP response to the consultation	Yes
10/09/07	02/11/07	TPR Consultation document – Revised clearance guidance	TBA
29/08/07	09/10/07	Consultation on draft regulations – The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2007	Yes
08/08/07	03/10/07	Consultation on the Future Development of the Pension Protection Levy	AMIPP Response
07/08/07	01/10/07	Amendments to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Employer Debt) Regulations 2005	TBA
13/07/07	30/09/07	Actuarial Stakeholder Group Survey of needs of principal users of actuarial services	AMIPP response
06/07/07	17/08/07	Approaches to the calculation of transfer values	Yes
25/04/07	13/07/07	TPR: The governance of work-based pension schemes TPR: Governance responses show support for regulator’s approach (24/10/07)	Yes
08/03/07	31/03/07	Deregulatory Review of Private Pensions	Yes
08/03/07	31/03/07	Thornton Review of Pensions Institutions	Yes (Word)
19/12/06	16/01/07	HOC Work and Pensions Select Committee inquiry into the Government’s proposals for personal accounts	Yes (doc)
14/12/06	09/02/07	TPR: Abandonment of defined benefit pension schemes – discussion paper Abandonment of defined benefit pension schemes – the Regulator’s Response (3/5/07)	No, but Kvaener PA did so.
13/11/06	20/01/07	TPR: Regulating DC schemes in relation to risks to membersConsultation document TPR response (25/04/07)	No
03/11/06	15/12/06	Consultation: Draft Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2007	TBA
11/10/06	20/10/06	Consultation on Amending Regulations – Age Discrimination – The Employment Equality (Age) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 2006 (120KB)	No
13/09/06	13/10/06	Abolition of defined contribution (DC) contracting out: treatment of protected rights accrued in the past and proposed operational arrangements (112KB)	Yes (doc)
13/09/06	05/12/06	The Pension Protection Fund Consultation on Draft Regulations Miscellaneous Amendments & Waiver of Pension Protection Levy and Miscellaneous Amendments (92KB)	No
02/08/06	24/10/06	The Pension Protection Fund – Consultation on Draft Regulations – Contributions Equivalent Premiums and Closed Schemes (101KB)	No
24/07/06	17/09/06	Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2006 (206KB)	No
27/06/06	11/08/06	Approaches to the calculation of pensions transfer values (88KB) Government response (18/1/07)	Yes (doc)
25/05/06	11/09/06	White Paper on Pensions Reform – Security in retirement: towards a new pensions system	Yes (doc)
02/06/06	25/08/06	The Pensions Regulator’s ‘Review of the form and content of pension scheme reports and accounts’ TPR : Review of the form and content of pension scheme report and accounts	No
29/03/06	25/04/06	The Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding up Procedure) Regulations 2006 Government response	No
05/01/06	01/02/06	Pensions: Payments to Employer – The Occupational Pension Schemes (Payments to Employer) Regulations 2006 Government response	No
08/07/05	30/09/05	Modification of Subsisting Rights – Consultation Report Draft Code of Practice: Modification of subsisting rights	No