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AEA Group: Workplace Pensions

Asked by Olly GloverLiberal DemocratDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 21 May 2026UIN 999

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he has considered requesting that the Government Actuary’s Department publish the calculations behind the sum transferred to the AEAT pension scheme at the time of privatisation.

Answered by Torsten Bell

The Department for Work and Pensions was not involved in the privatisation of Atomic Energy Authority Technology in 1996.

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