Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to review the pension provisions of the former workforce of Allied Steel and Wire; and what assessment they have made of the impact of inflation on those pensions.

The Minister for Pensions has heard how members have been affected by aspects of the Financial Assistance Scheme, including issue of the indexation of pre-1997 pension accruals and we are committed to consider what we have heard on these matters.