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Pension Links

State Pensions: Useful Contacts

To find out about State Pensions

DWP Pensions Information Line
Tel: 0847 31 32 33
Text phone: 0845 604 0210
Website: www.thepensionservice.gov.uk
(for free fact sheets on pension and Form BR19)

For a forecast of your State Pension
Pension Forecasting Team
Tel: 0845 3000 168
Website: www.thepensionservice.gov.uk

For general pension queries and leaflets
Pensions Advisory Service
Tel: 0845 601 2923
Website: www.pensionsadvisoryservice.org.uk

Occupational Pensions: Useful Contacts

For details of your occupational pension scheme.
Talk to your pensions administrator,
pensions manager or
pension trustees at work.

The Pensions Advisory Service (PAS)
11 Belgrave Road
London
SW1V 1RB
Tel: 0845 601 2923 (calls charged at local rate)
Website: www.opas.org.uk
Contact PAS if you have a dispute with your employers' pension scheme (or the company running a personal pension) and they have been unable to resolve the matter.

Pensions Ombudsman
11 Belgrave Road
London
SW1V 1RB
Tel: 020 7834 9144
Website: www.pensions-ombudsman.org.uk
If PAS can't resolve a dispute you have with your employer's pension scheme, your case may be referred to the Pensions Ombudsman - but you must take you case to PAS first.

The Pensions Regulator
Napier House
Trafalgar Place
Brighton
BN1 4DW
Tel: 0870 6063636 (9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday)
Website: www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk
The Pensions Regulator is the new regulatory body for work-based pension schemes in the UK. They opened for business on 6 April 2005, replacing Opra, the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority. Contact The Pensions Regulator if you are concerned that your scheme is not being run properly.

Dept. of Work and Pensions Tracing Service
The Pension Service
Tyneview Park
Whitley Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE98 1BA
Tel: 0845 6002 537 (Text phone 0845 3000 169)
Website: Online Form
From 6 April 2005, The Pension Service has been providing the Pension Tracing Service, which aims to re-unite people with any unclaimed pension benefits.
It has access to a database of over 200,000 occupational and personal pension schemes and can be used, free of charge, to search for a scheme. You, or your representative, can request a pension trace by completing an appropriate form via one of the contact methods above.

The Pension Protection Fund
This was established to pay compensation to members of eligible defined benefit pension schemes, when there is a qualifying insolvency event in relation to the employer and where there are insufficient assets in the pension scheme to cover Pension Protection Fund levels of compensation.
Pension scheme members, who have any queries about their pension scheme, or their pension entitlement, should contact their scheme trustees or scheme administrator in the first instance.
Website: www.pensionprotectionfund.org.uk

Useful links
FSA comparative tables - www.fsa.gov.uk/tables
FSA/ABI pension calculator - www.pensioncalculator.org.uk
List of stakeholder pension providers - www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk
HM Revenue and Customs for tax queries - www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk

Department for Work and Pensions
www.dwp.gov.uk

The Pensions Regulator
www.ThePensionsRegulator.gov.uk

Financial Assistance Scheme
www.dwp.gov.uk/fas

Financial Services Authority
www.fsa.gov.uk

Government Actuary's Department
www.gad.gov.uk

The Pension Service
The Pension Service website is published by the Government. It provides information for individuals about pensions and other pensioner benefits in the UK, whether you are planning for the future, are about to retire or have already retired. It also has information about pensions for pension providers/advisers and employers.
www.thepensionservice.gov.uk

You can go directly to the Pension Services' resource centre by clicking on the link below:
www.pensionsservice.gov.uk/resourcecentre/home/home.asp

For a forecast of your State Pension
Pension Forecasting Team
Tel: 0845 3000 168
Text-phone: www.thepensionservice.gov.uk
Website: www.thepensionservice.gov.uk

For details of your occupational pension scheme.
Talk to your pensions administrator, pensions manager or pension trustees at work.

Link to the Office of Public Sector Information, for pensions legislation:
www.opsi.gov.uk/

The Pensions at Work Website
www.pensionsatwork.gov.uk

PENSION PROTECTION FUND

The Pension Protection Fund was established to pay compensation to members of eligible defined benefit pension schemes, when there is a qualifying insolvency event in relation to the employer and where there are insufficient assets in the pension scheme to cover Pension Protection Fund levels of compensation.
www.pensionprotectionfund.org.uk

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