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Purple Book

Every year we publish the Purple Book, also known as the pensions universe risk profile. This is the most comprehensive data and analysis of the UK defined benefit pension landscape.

Useful Information

We know what we do is complex so here you'll find FAQs, key figures and explanations of the acronyms and terms we use.

Will my payments increase?

Defined benefit pension beliefs

We've identified 10 common beliefs people hold about their defined benefit scheme. Test your knowledge and find out more about DB pensions. 

Your questions answered on pre-97 indexation

We’ve put together answers to the questions we’ve been asked most frequently by members and other stakeholders about the government's announcement on its intent to change the law to enable the payment of inflation increases on pension benefits accrued before April 1997. 

Next steps after court ruling on Hampshire methodology

The Administrative Court’s judgment in June 2020 upheld our general approach to calculating increases in compensation as a result of the Hampshire ruling. But it also said we need to make sure members and survivors each receive at least 50% on a cumulative basis of the actual value of the benefits their scheme would have provided. 

Court of Appeal judgment on Hughes judicial review

The Court of Appeal has supported our approach for increasing payments to PPF and FAS members following the 2018 European Court of Justice judgment in the Hampshire case.

More member benefit increases after ECJ ruling

In April, we confirmed that we had started to pay increased benefits to PPF and FAS pensioners who were most affected by the Court of Justice of the European Union’s (ECJ’s) ruling because they had had their benefits adjusted by the Long Service Cap.

Uncapping is a complex process

In September this year, we issued an update on our work to implement the Court of Appeal’s ruling that the compensation cap was unlawful, and to pay arrears to pensioners due increases as a result of the Hampshire ruling. 

More Hampshire decisions confirmed

In our recent update about progress on uncapping PPF compensation, we still had to finalise whether to put a six-year time limit on arrears payments due to PPF and FAS pensioners. This followed the Court of Appeal’s judgments on the methodology for implementing the ECJ’s Hampshire decision and the PPF compensation cap. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and our Board have now finalised those decisions.