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Pensions and divorce: the 1998 survey
— a survey among solicitors | | Author(s) | Julia Field |
| Corporate Author | Social Research Branch, Department of Social Security - DSS |
| Publisher | DSS Social Research Branch, London, 1998 |
| Pages | unnumbered (Department of Social Security research summary) |
| Source | Keith Watson, Social Research Branch, Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT. |
| Keywords | Divorce ; Rights [elderly] ; Pensions ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | This summarises Department of Social Security Research report no 117, which examined solicitors' current practice in the treatment of pension rights on divorce after reforms introduced by the Pensions Act 1995 came into effect. The research also aimed to evaluate provisions for pension sharing on divorce contained in the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999. The survey was conducted with more than 500 solicitors in England, Wales and Scotland by the National Centre for Social Research who also undertook a complementary qualitative study (DSS Research report no 118). 81% of divorce cases in England and Wales, and 61% in Scotland were known to involve some pension rights, defined as one or both parties having rights in at least one of: a current occupational pension scheme; retained rights in a previous employer's scheme; a personal or private plan; and SERPS (state earnings related pensions scheme). Overall, just over half of the solicitors thought that the new provisions were useful, though many had reservations. Most solicitors were in favour of the proposed legislation to allow pension sharing (or splitting) at the time of divorce. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000714206 P |
| Classmark | SOH: IKR: JJ: 3F * |
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