Department for Work & Pensions

Opt-out rates averaged around 9% in the first six months of auto-enrolment (AE), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed.

The Department for Work and Pensions will be among the larger employers entering auto-enrolment this autumn.

The Department for Work and Pensions has denied that its preferred option for consolidating small pots will increase cases of pension fraud.

The DWP's glossary of pension terms for auto-enrolment.

The auto-enrolment earnings trigger and the lower and upper limits for the qualifying earnings band have been confirmed.

The Department for Work and Pensions is to hold a "red tape challenge" in a bid to deregulate and help reinvigorate occupational schemes.

Pensions minister Steve Webb has said the government is "absolutely prepared" to cap private pension fund management charges if they hinder saving.

In the final part of our run-down of the most read Professional Pensions Online articles in 2011, we look at the rest of the top 20 news stories during the year - those in first to tenth place.

In the second part of our run-down of the most read Professional Pensions Online articles in 2011, we look at the top 20 news stories during the year - starting with those in eleventh to twentieth place.

The Department for Work and Pensions has clarified how employer staging dates will be affected by the delay to auto-enrolment announced today.