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<p>It remains the governments intention to lower the earnings limit on Automatic Enrolment
as soon as Parliamentary time allows. The latest published estimate of the costs of
this change to workplace pensions is set out in the analytical report that accompanied
the 2017 Automatic Enrolment (AE) Review, here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/668657/automatic-enrolment-review-2017-analytical-report.pdf"
target="_blank">Automatic enrolment review 2017: analytical report (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a>.
<br> <br> It shows that the removal of the AE Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) would initially
increase total contributions by £2.6 billion per annum. This represents an initial
upper bound cost estimate as, for example, many employers choose to pay above the
current automatic enrolment statutory minimum contribution levels.</p><p> </p><p>We
continue to build the evidence base and use the latest data to improve the estimates
in line with government’s ambition of implementing the AE 2017 Review proposals in
the mid-2020s.</p><p> </p><p />
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