The Pensions Dashboard Programme today issued its seventh update report on the progress of building and launching pensions dashboards.
Rachel Vahey, AJ Bell head of policy development, comments:
“There has been little change to the dashboards landscape since the Ministerial statement in March, which pulled the plug on the proposed timescales, sending the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) and DWP back to the drawing board to confer.
“The PDP’s qualitative research shows people are broadly positive about pensions dashboards, generally seeing little or no downside to using the free service. So it’s important to keep the momentum going on this new initiative.
“However, we are now playing a waiting game. The Pensions Minister is due to give an update to Parliament before the summer recess, and, although this is not guaranteed, it would be good if that set new timescales for connecting to and launching the dashboards.
“Without this political buy-in, there is a risk that the general election may delay plans again, leaving pension savers waiting even longer without an easy way of checking their overall pension provision.”
