Consultation documents
Our consultation documents, including all current consultations.
- Consultation: Single equality scheme 2010-2013 (PDF, 358kb, 36 pages)
Published: November 2010
Consultation is now closedConsultation asking for views on our single equality scheme which sets out our objectives and priorities for all aspects of equality and diversity
- Consultation: Guidance on transfer incentives (PDF, 165kb, 20 pages)
Published: July 2010
Consultation is now closedConsultation on guidance to clarify the role of both the employer and trustees in any transfer incentive exercise
- Consultation: DB multi-employer schemes and employer departures: guidance for trustees (PDF, 227kb)
Published: July 2010
Consultation is now closedConsultation on guidance to help trustees understand the support employers provide in multi-employer schemes and how to manage employer departures
- Consultation: Guidance on monitoring employer support: covenant, contingent assets and other security (PDF, 131kb, 32 pages)
Published: June 2010
Consultation is now closedConsultation on guidance for trustees on assessing, monitoring and taking action in relation to their employer covenant
- Consultation: Record-keeping: measuring member data (PDF, 544kb, 38 pages)
Published: February 2010
Consultation is now closedConsultation on proposals for the approach the regulator will take to address issues of poor member record-keeping. It follows on from the publication of good practice guidance on record-keeping in January 2009.
- Consultation: Winding up: avoiding delays (PDF, 840kb, 24 pages)
Published: February 2010
Consultation is now closedGood practice guidelines to help trustees and others meet the two-year time frame for winding up an occupational pension scheme. The guidance focuses on common, complex areas that can delay the wind-up process.
- Consultation: The Pensions Regulator's trustee register (PDF, 660kb, 60 pages)
Published: December 2009
Consultation is now closedThe Trustee Register has been in place since 2005 and we use it to appoint independent trustees to pension schemes. To ensure best practice and that high standards are maintained, we are reviewing how we assess some conditions of registration.
- Consultation: Consultation on revised guidance on internal controls (PDF, 622kb, 56 pages)
Published: December 2009
Consultation is now closedConsultation document on the development of revised guidance on internal controls. It aims to give trustees of occupational schemes further support in complying with the legal requirement to have adequate internal controls in place.
- Consultation: Code of practice 12: Application of the material detriment test (PDF, 93kb, 14 pages)
Published: December 2008
Consultation is now closedConsultation document
- Consultation: Review of the trustee knowledge and understanding code of practice and scope guidance (PDF, 251kb, 28 pages)
Published: October 2008
Consultation is now closedConsultation reviewing the existing TKU code of practice, to ensure that trustees have access to the relevant training and education.
- Consultation: Guidance on calculation of cash equivalent transfer values (PDF, 142kb, 21 pages)
Published: August 2008
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- Consultation: Record-keeping: A consultation document (PDF, 274kb, 41 pages)
Published: July 2008
Consultation is now closedConsultation document
- Consultation: Record keeping: Supplementary details (PDF, 202kb, 20 pages)
Published: July 2008
Consultation is now closedSupplementary details to be read in conjunction with the consultation document.
- Consultation: Winding up consultation (PDF, 147kb, 12 pages)
Published: March 2008
Consultation is now closedConsultation document: joint statement and regulator's good practice guidance issued for consultation - to be read in conjunction with documents 1 and 2, below.
- Consultation: The regulation of schemes in wind-up and in a PPF assessment period (Document 1) (PDF, 1071kb, 10 pages)
Published: March 2008
Consultation is now closedDraft for consultation: A statement by the Pensions Regulator, the PPF and the DWP in respect of the Financial Assistance Scheme.
- Consultation: Avoiding delays in winding up pension schemes (Document 2) (PDF, 1398kb, 20 pages)
Published: March 2008
Consultation is now closedDraft for consultation: Good practice guidelines from the Pensions Regulator
- Consultation: Conflicts of interest (PDF, 635kb, 53 pages)
Published: February 2008
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- Consultation: Good practice when choosing assumptions for defined benefit pension schemes with a special focus on mortality (PDF, 155kb, 27 pages)
Published: February 2008
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- Consultation: Revised clearance guidance (PDF, 324kb, 54 pages)
Published: September 2007
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- Consultation: Regulating DC schemes in relation to risks to members (PDF, 348kb, 56 pages)
Published: November 2006
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Consultation reports
We publish a full consultation report at the end of each consultation.
- Consultation: Guidance on transfer incentives (PDF, 104kb, 12 pages)
Published: December 2010
Consultation response
- Consultation: Monitoring employer support: covenant, contingent assets and other security (PDF, 118kb, 12 pages)
Published: November 2010
Consultation report
- Consultation: DB multi-employer schemes and employer departures: guidance for trustees (PDF, 104kb, 10 pages)
Published: November 2010
Consultation response
- Consultation: Revised guidance on internal controls (PDF, 105kb)
Published: June 2010
Consultation response
- Consultation: Record-keeping: measuring member data (PDF, 115kb, 19 pages)
Published: June 2010
Consultation response describing our approach to the responses to the consultation on member record-keeping in pension schemes. Appendix A amended August 2010.
- Consultation: Winding up: avoiding delays (PDF, 59kb, 8 pages)
Published: June 2010
Consultation response describing our approach to reviewing responses to the recent consultation on changes to our guidance on winding up of pension schemes
- Consultation: Changes to our Trustee Register (PDF, 222kb, 23 pages)
Published: May 2010
Consultation response
- Consultation: A review of the trustee knowledge and understanding code of practice and scope guidance (PDF, 128kb, 13 pages)
Published: May 2009
Consultation report
- Consultation: Circumstances in relation to the material detriment test (PDF, 139kb, 14 pages)
Published: May 2009
Consultation response
- Consultation: Record-keeping (PDF, 106kb, 13 pages)
Published: December 2008
Consultation report
- Consultation: Guidance on calculation of cash equivalent transfer values (PDF, 92kb, 12 pages)
Published: November 2008
Consultation report
- Consultation: Conflicts of interest (PDF, 77kb, 10 pages)
Published: October 2008
Consultation report
- Consultation: Good practice when choosing assumptions for defined benefit pension schemes with a special focus on mortality (PDF, 1084kb, 47 pages)
Published: September 2008
Consultation report
- Consultation: Winding up: avoiding delays (PDF, 147kb, 12 pages)
Published: June 2008
Consultation report: A response from the Pensions Regulator, the Pension Protection Fund and the Financial Assistance Scheme (as part of the DWP)
- Consultation: Revised clearance guidance (PDF, 246kb, 11 pages)
Published: March 2008
Consultation report
- Consultation: How the Pensions Regulator will regulate defined contribution schemes in relation to risks to scheme members (PDF, 110kb, 22 pages)
Published: April 2007
Consultation report
- Consultation: How the Pensions Regulator will regulate the funding of defined benefits (PDF, 224kb, 38 pages)
Published: May 2006
Consultation report
- Consultation: Cross-border schemes - the approach to implementation by the Pensions Regulator (PDF, 107kb, 11 pages)
Published: February 2006
Consultation report
Discussion papers
We publish a discussion paper where we are seeking informal views from interested stakeholders.
- Consultation: Enabling good member outcomes in work-based pension provision (PDF, 3311kb, 45 pages)
Published: January 2011
Consultation is now closedA discussion paper identifying how the regulator should support the DC market in the delivery of good outcomes and identifying 6 elements which it believes are important for achieving those outcomes
- Consultation: The governance of work-based pension schemes (PDF, 405kb, 57 pages)
Published: April 2007
Consultation is now closedDiscussion paper
- Consultation: Abandonment of defined benefit pension schemes (PDF, 179kb, 47 pages)
Published: December 2006
Consultation is now closedDiscussion paper
Response papers
We publish a full response paper at the end of each discussion.
- Consultation: Enabling good member outcomes in work-based pension provision (PDF, 114kb, 13 pages)
Published: July 2011
Discussion paper response
- Consultation: How the Pensions Regulator will regulate the funding of defined benefits (PDF, 264kb, 24 pages)
Published: September 2008
The regulator's statement
- Consultation: How the regulator will promote better governance of work-based pension schemes (PDF, 145kb, 25 pages)
Published: October 2007
The regulator's response
- Consultation: Abandonment of defined benefit pension schemes (PDF, 123kb, 20 pages)
Published: May 2007
The regulator's response
- Consultation: A review of the form and content of pension scheme report and accounts (PDF, 203kb, 46 pages)
Published: November 2006
The regulator's response
- Consultation: Code of practice: Funding defined benefits (PDF, 51kb, 10 pages)
Published: December 2005
Joint response to the consultation by the Government and The Pensions Regulator