Pensions Dashboard

Kryten_the_Titan

Is there anyone here with an NHS pension showing on the dashboard? Mine's not showing there yet. Must be quite a few of those to process and link up to the Pensions Dashboard.

Brie

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82146130#Comment_82146130

yes state pension! sorry to have caused confusion!!!

SnowMan

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82146296#Comment_82146296

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pensions-dashboards-guidance-on-deferred-connection/pensions-dashboards-guidance-on-deferred-connection

The 2022 Regulations allow trustees or managers of relevant occupational pension schemes to apply to defer connection of their scheme by up to 12 months if they can provide evidence to show that, before 9 August 2023:

• they had embarked on a programme to transfer the data held by the pension scheme to a new administrator; and / or
• they had entered into a contract containing an obligation to retender the administration of the scheme and the timetable for this is reasonable and conflicts with the connection deadline.

These are the only reasons that an application to defer connection can be made.

No expert but don't think Capita can defer in relation to the PCSPS?

Paul_Herring

Took about 10 mins to register and find values of all expected pensions, only to find the values were dated ''March 2025", and the value of my main, Vanguard, one was 1/2 what it should have been. (We're talking multiple £100K's missing.)

Not at all impressed with it.

kipsterno1

It threw up two companies for me to contact. It gave website and email details and a reference number to quote. I know 100% I don't have any unknown pensions as I worked in local government and transferred all benefits to my next employer who I remained with until retirement.

It would be nice if some long lost relative has named me as a beneficiary and the trustees have been searching for me but my money is an an admin error.

SmokeysTravels

My DB scheme administrator approached me and asked to trial it and give feedback to the organisers and I would receive a £10 voucher. I registered fairly quickly although the bit where you put your phone on your closed passport so it can read the chip was pure witchcraft!

It pulled my pensions up with old values from the last anniversary. The DB scheme didn’t have any values and it said to wait 10 days or so. I tried it several times but never got a DB value- just the DC ones! I gave the feedback but have never received the £10 voucher!! Perhaps they didn’t like my feedback!

FIREDreamer

This only founfd my state pension.

It didn’t find my uncrystallised pot with Hargreaves Lansdown.

It found nothing else, understandably, as everything else is in payment.

GrumpyDil

Mine wasn't bad. State Pension and one defined DB pension info. Reference to II which refers to a pension I set up and haven't funded and reference to two other pensions where there was an issue retrieving the data. Pretty certain that will likely be the two pension plans I hold with Aviva.

GenX0212

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82146129#Comment_82146129

Actually thinking about it this seems a bit of a daft approach. If the Gov is forcing all pension providers to provide details then it is just as easy (in fact easier) for them to just list all members rather than just those still waiting to take their pension. Plus with the flexible options available these days you could have an ‘active’ pension which hasn't in fact been touched for a number of years.

hyubh

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82146389#Comment_82146389

There are two classes of member match, possible/partial and definite/full match. Schemes must choose the criteria for each, within a small set of data items. The rational for the two classes is that member details held by a scheme might be, to use a technical term, rubbish or at least out of date, especially for members who have been deferred/inactive for many years; however, if so, that shouldn't prevent the dashboard user from ever finding their pensions. Since showing actual pension details with just a possible match would be extremely 'off', the process is instead for the dashboard to report administrator contact details and a member/policy reference to quote - i.e. exactly what you experienced.