Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of employers who have not met their obligations to employees on automatic enrolment in pensions in the last three years.

Automatic enrolment has been a great success, with over 9.9 million employees enrolled and more than 1.3 million employers having met their duties to date. Government has put in place a robust, proportionate compliance framework. This is administered by The Pensions Regulator, and includes detailed regulatory guidance about how to comply with the law.

The Regulator publishes quarterly bulletins where figures can be found on compliance and enforcement. These are at http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/doc-library/enforcement-activity.aspx.

The Regulator also publishes an annual commentary and analysis report which can be found at http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/docs/automatic-enrolment-commentary-analysis-2018.pdf.