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• State Pension (DWP and HMT)

• Pensioner benefitsâ€�(DWP and HMT)

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) responsibilities:

• Private pensions

• Social Fund

• Net Zero

• Shadow Lords (including CMS and Disadvantaged Groups)

• Arm’s-length bodies (ALBs): Money and Pensions Service (MaPS), National Employment Savings Trust (NEST), »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Pensions Ombudsman (TPO), Pension Protection Fund (PPF) and »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Pensions Regulatorâ€�(TPR)

HM Treasury (HMT) responsibilities:

• Pension tax policy

• Pensions freedoms policy

• Pensions investment review

• Public sector pensions

Torsten Bell MP was appointed Parliamentary Secretary in HM Treasury and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Work and Pensions on 14 January 2025.