{"value":{"id":170916,"memberId":3893,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions","uin":"HLWS126","dateMade":"2014-12-17T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","title":"Automatic Enrolment Thresholds","text":" <p /> <p>My Right Honourable Friend The Minister for Pensions (Steve Webb MP) has made the following Written Statement.</p><p>I am today announcing the proposed automatic enrolment thresholds for next year.</p><p>We intend to lay an Order before Parliament in the New Year which will include the following:</p><p> </p><p>- £5,824 for the lower limit of the qualifying earnings band;</p><p>- £42,385 for the upper limit of the qualifying earnings band.</p><p> </p><p>The automatic enrolment earnings trigger will be frozen at £10,000.</p><p> </p><p>I am also publishing the Government’s response to the public consultation on the automatic enrolment earnings thresholds review later today on the gov.uk website. I attach a copy of the Government’s response to the public consultation on the automatic enrolment earnings thresholds review to this statement.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":true,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":170911,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2014-12-17T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[{"url":"https://qna.files.parliament.uk/ws-attachments/170916/original/AE Threshold Response.pdf","title":"Automatic enrolment thresholds review response","fileType":"pdf","fileSizeBytes":73343}]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/170916","method":"GET"}]}