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April 2005

Financial Assistance Scheme consultation paper published

Draft regulations for the Government’s £400million Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) are being published for consultation.

The regulations give details of how the Financial Assistance Scheme, which was established in the Pensions Act 2004 to help some of those people who have lost out significantly due to their pension scheme winding up underfunded, could operate.

Read the consultation paper on the Department for Work and Pensions website

Read the Ministerial statement on the Department for Work and Pensions website

Read the press release on the Department for Work and Pensions website