Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Guy Opperman and Luke Graham

Monday 18th December 2017 Commons Chamber

[Luke Graham (Ochil and South Perthshire) (Con)]

T2. I welcome my right hon. Friend’s recent announcement of the extension of auto-enrolment to 18 to 21-year-olds. In the meantime, does he have any figures on how many people have started saving and benefited from auto-enrolment in individual constituencies, including mine?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Guy Opperman)]

Since 2012, 7,000 employees in Ochil and South Perthshire have benefited from a workplace pension through automatic enrolment. Our thanks are also due to the 820 local employers. State pension has risen by £1,250 since 2010, but we want to do more. We are extending auto-enrolment to 18 to 21-year-olds in his area, where we also have targeted interventions for the self-employed that I believe will be of assistance.