Workplace Pensions: Discounts
The question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she made of the potential merits of an immediate implementation of the SCAPE discount rate.
Answered by Lucy Rigby
The Government remains committed to reviewing the SCAPE discount rate at every valuation cycle. The SCAPE discount rate was announced in Parliament on 19 May 2026. This is in line with established precedent for reviews of the SCAPE discount rate. Where the SCAPE discount rate changes, the factors used in the schemes (for example to calculate the commuted lump sum provided in exchange for a member giving up part of their pension) are reviewed in line with best practice and the law.
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