Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to monitor the prevalence of fraud related to the new pensions freedoms.

I refer the hon member to my answer given on 11 June to PQ 2227.

More widely, the Government will be launching a consultation this month to strengthen people’s rights to access their pensions flexibly. The consultation will look at ways of making the process for transferring pensions from one scheme to another quicker and smoother and removing any unjustifiable barriers to doing so.