In a 47 page report, the DWP denies claims put forward by Ann Abraham, the Parliamentary Ombudsman, that it was guilty of three instances of maladministration, two regarding information provided to consumers and trustees, and the third over its decision to alter the Minimum Funding Requirement (MFR) in 2002.
Responding to the charges, the report claims the government cannot accept any responsibility for information provided by the DWP as it was the “fundamental responsibility of trustees and employers to provide detailed information on their schemes to their scheme members.” It adds: ”These were not the Government’s pension schemes. Their trustees were not the Government’s trustees. The Government did ensure - through Occupational Pension Regulatory Authority (Opra) guides and actuarial certificates - trustees were guided towards the information they needed. The other more general information...
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