Catalogue description Department of Social Security; Registered files of C Division and the Maxwell Pensions Unit, Policy on Occupational Pensions and Personal Pensions

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Reference: JB 71
Title: Department of Social Security; Registered files of C Division and the Maxwell Pensions Unit, Policy on Occupational Pensions and Personal Pensions
Description:

This series comprises files regarding: the impact of government policies on occupational and personal pensions as a result of Maxwell pension scandal, the resulting Goode report, new policies on SERPs (the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme) and contracting out of the scheme; equal treatment of men and women in occupational and personal pensions; policies on ensuring greater participation and uptake of occupational pensions and saving for retirement, resulting in Stakeholder Pensions; and the termination of the Occupational Pensions Board (1973-1995) and the formation of the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (OPRA).

Date: 1973-2012
Arrangement:

The series is arranged in file reference order (within each transfer).

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Prefixes include PNN, MXA, MXG, MXT, MXU, PZZ, OMS, PBX, EOZ, ETO, DAZ, ERZ, PSR, PPG, PGS, GAI, IMS
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department for Work and Pensions, 2001-

Department of Health and Social Security, 1968-1988

Department of Social Security, 1988-2001
Physical description: 2544 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2017 Department for Work and Pensions
Custodial history: Department of Social Security 1988–2001; Department for Work and Pensions 2001-
Accumulation dates: 1991 to 2000
Selection and destruction information: OSP5 5.2.3 Pensions
Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

The Maxwell Pensions Unit was established to administer government emergency funding for the Maxwell Pension Schemes and to assist those charged with the recovery of missing assets. The unit also provides the secretariat for the Maxwell Pensioners Trust.

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