April 2022 progress update report
Pensions dashboards will help individuals view their pensions information online, securely and all in one place, thereby supporting better planning for retirement and growing financial wellbeing.
Continue readingTwelve months at the Pensions Dashboards Programme
In April 2021, the UK was emerging from a long lockdown with pubs, restaurants, hairdressers and non-essential shops opening up again. It feels like a long time ago, even though it’s only twelve months. At the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) I took up the role of Programme Director.
Continue readingPensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) appoints Digidentity as its interim identity service supplier
On February 1, 2022, the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) signed a contract with Digidentity to deliver the interim identity service, part of the central digital architecture that will drive pensions dashboards.
Continue readingDiscovery to alpha: starting to build pensions dashboards
Richard James, Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) Programme Director, discusses the progress the programme has made during its discovery phase with Capgemini and what will happen during its initial (alpha) test phase.
Continue readingPublication of DWP consultation into regulations for pensions dashboards, plus PDP standards
Today, January 31 2022, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published its consultation, Pensions Dashboards: consultation on the draft Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022. This is a significant step towards the realisation of pensions dashboards, as the consultation sets out the draft regulations on the key duties for occupational pension schemes to participate in pensions dashboards. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will consult on parallel proposals for personal pension providers within the next few weeks.
Continue readingData standards
To provide data and dashboard providers with the information they will require to respond to the Pensions Dashboards: consultation on the draft Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022, the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has updated its Data usage guide. This is not the final data standards but should provide data and dashboard providers with sufficient information to respond effectively to the consultation.
Continue reading PDP data usage guide January 2022Reporting standards
This set of standards will provide the reporting requirements to connect to the pensions dashboards ecosystem.
Continue reading PDP reporting standards January 2022Design standards
The design standards provide information to dashboard providers, as well as data providers, about required layouts, content elements, messaging and user journeys, to ensure a consistently positive experience for users, regardless of which dashboard an individual chooses.
Continue reading PDP design standards January 2022Qualitative research providing an evidence base for pensions dashboards
Rita Patel, Lead Analyst for the Pensions Dashboards Programme, explores how PDP’s ongoing programme of research provides the evidence base for decisions relating to pensions dashboards.
Continue readingQualitative research with potential dashboard users
The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) commissioned Ipsos MORI to carry out a programme of qualitative research, to investigate the attitudes of potential dashboard users, their circumstances, behaviours and their views of the pensions dashboards concept. PDP will use these research findings to inform its development of the supporting infrastructure and data ecosystem.
Continue reading PDP qualitative summary report 2022