Recent UK pensions policy

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Recent UK pensions policy Carl Emmerson Presentation at UCEA Annual Higher Education Pensions Conference, London, 13 June 2016

Currently seeing major pensions reform State pensions new flat-rate state pension with the associated abolition of contracting out for those in DB pensions increases in the state pension age Private retirement saving continued roll-out of automatic enrolment into workplace pensions introduction of Lifetime Individual Savings Accounts Plus lots of others that I won t cover in this talk DC pensions freedoms, increases in minimum pension age, restrictions to pension contribution limits for those on very high incomes, etc.

New single-tier state pension Affects those reaching the state pension age after 6 April 2016 Replaces the basic state pension and the state second pension Rights accrued prior to April 2016 calculated as greater of existing system and if new system had always been in place Going forwards every year of contributions will accrue 4.44 per week in state pension income up to a maximum of 35 years of contributions, no pension paid to those with fewer than 10 years of contributions no further accrual once reached, or above, 155.65 per week wide range of activities count including: employment, selfemployment, unemployment, disability and caring Pension credit guarantee remains in place, but the savings credit is abolished for new pensioners

New single-tier state pension Triple lock indexation increased each year in line with the greater of growth in earnings, growth in prices (as measured by the Consumer Price Index) or 2.5% not a sensible way to index over the longer-term Abolition of the state second pension naturally leads to the abolition of contracting out since 2012 has only existed for those in DB pensions employees: pay 1.4% more National Insurance on earnings between the lower earnings limit and the upper accrual point, reducing their take home pay by up 480 per year employers: pay 3.4% more National Insurance on this band of earnings, increasing employment costs by up to 1,165 per employee per year 5.5bn a year tax rise, 3.3bn from public sector employers and 1.4bn from public sector employees

Impact on state pension incomes 43% of those reaching the state pension age between 2016 and 2020 will get a higher state pension women and the self-employed are particularly likely to gain some losers: those who have accrued fewer than 10 years of contributions By no means all new pensioners will get 155.65 per week only true of 17% of those reaching the state pension age over the next four years 23% will get more as already accrued more than this amount 61% will receive less, typically due to having been contracted out Flat rate accrual, of 4.44 per week, is a genuine simplification In the long-run this will mean, for most individuals, a lower state pension than under an unreformed system long-run public finances strengthened by this reform

Jan-40 Nov-41 Sep-43 Jul-45 May-47 Mar-49 Jan-51 Nov-52 Sep-54 Jul-56 May-58 Mar-60 Jan-62 Nov-63 Sep-65 Jul-67 May-69 Mar-71 Jan-73 Nov-74 Sep-76 Jul-78 May-80 Mar-82 Jan-84 Nov-85 Sep-87 Jul-89 May-91 Mar-93 Jan-95 Nov-96 Sep-98 State pension age State pension age increases Women: Pre 1995 Pensions Act Men: Pre 1995 Pensions Act Women: Post 1995 Pensions Act Men & Women: Post 2007 Pensions Act Women: Post 2011 Pensions Act Men & Women: Post 2011 Pensions Act 71 Men & Women: Post 2014 Pensions Act OBR: central post 2014 Pensions Act? 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 60 59 58 Date of birth Source: Department for Work and Pensions (2014); Office for Budget Responsibility (2015).

2014 15 2016 17 2018 19 2020 21 2022 23 2024 25 2026 27 2028 29 2030 31 2032 33 2034 35 2036 37 2038 39 2040 41 2042 43 2044 45 2046 47 2048 49 2050 51 2052 53 2054 55 2056 57 2058 59 2060 61 2062 63 2064 65 Percentage of national income State pension spending projected to rise 9.0 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 Principal projection Principal projection, legislated SPA increases only Prinicipal projection, w/o triple lock 0.0 Source: Office for Budget Responsibility (2015).

2003Q1 2003Q3 2004Q1 2004Q3 2005Q1 2005Q3 2006Q1 2006Q3 2007Q1 2007Q3 2008Q1 2008Q3 2009Q1 2009Q3 2010Q1 2010Q3 2011Q1 2011Q3 2012Q1 2012Q3 2013Q1 2013Q3 2014Q1 2014Q3 2015Q1 2015Q3 Employment rate Rising female state pension age is pushing up employment rates 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% age 56 age 57 age 58 age 59 age 60 age 61 age 62 age 63 0% Source: Labour Force Survey.

Automatic enrolment Automatic enrolment requires employers to enrol their eligible employees into a pension scheme unless they specifically opt-out introduced for the largest employers in October 2012, increasing number of employers affected over time Being introduced in UK on a scale untested internationally 6.2 million employees automatically enrolled by April 2016 Aim to increase the saving of workers due to worries about under-saving for retirement

Automatic enrolment: policy details Eligibility: aged 22-SPA, earn over a threshold ( 10,000 in 14 15, 15 16 and 16 17) Each employer is given staging date ; larger employers given earlier staging dates employers must automatically enrol eligible employees within 3 months of staging date employees can opt out, but default is to be enrolled employers can delay to Sept 2017 if have open DB pension scheme Minimum contributions: until April 2018: employer contribution 1% of band earnings ; total contribution 2% of band earnings then rising, reaching 3% employer, 8% total from April 2019

Staging dates for employers of different sizes PAYE scheme size as of April 2012 Staging Date 120,000 or more 1 st October 2012...... 6,000 to 9,999 1 st April 2013...... 160 to 249 1 st April 2014...... 50 to 53 1 st April 2015...... Some with fewer than 30 1 st April 2016...... All existing employers 1 st April 2017...... All existing & new employers 1 st February 2018 Source: NOW: Pensions (http://www.nowpensions.com/auto-enrolment-staging-dates/).

Percentage Membership of workplace pensions Percentage of eligible employees enrolled in a workplace pension, 2004 to 2014 100% 90% Total Public Private 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Source: Department for Work and Pensions (2015).

Percentage Private sector membership of workplace pensions, by employer size Percentage of eligible employees enrolled in a workplace pension, 2004 to 2014 100% 90% 1 to 4 5 to 49 50 to 249 250 to 4,999 5,000+ 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Source: Department for Work and Pensions (2015).

Lifetime Individual Savings Accounts Accounts can be opened by 18-40-year-olds from April 2017 Contributions count towards ISA limit; like ISAs, no tax on returns While aged 18-50, government will add 25% to up to 4,000 of contributions each year so over 32 years, max 32,000 top-up on 128,000 of contributions Can withdraw from age 60, or earlier to buy 1 st home for < 450,000 if withdraw earlier for other purposes, 5% charge + lose the top-up though will consult on possibility of withdraw-and-replace option

Contribution required to match 100 saved in ISA By marginal tax rate in work and in retirement 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 100 ISA 94 86 80 80 71 Basic, basic Higher, higher Higher, basic Basic, zero Lifetime ISA Employee pension contribution, with no employer match Employer pension contributions still more generously treated Can gradually shift money from lifetime ISA to pension from age 60 benefit from lifetime ISA top-up and pension tax-free lump sum Source: Adam (2016).

Lifetime Individual Savings Accounts Clear rationale for encouraging saving for retirement less so when use of money from age 60 unrestricted less clear rationale for encouraging saving for a home more than other pre-retirement consumption Expect lots of shifting existing savings to new vehicle in 2013, 3.2m under-45s had more than 3,000 in ISAs Big winners: basic-rate taxpayers who can transfer existing savings and higher-rate taxpayers saving for 1 st home, and those constrained by pension contribution limits Little detail on what government expects cost, take-up, new saving vs. shifting existing funds,... potentially expensive

Conclusions Single-tier pension delivers a welcome simplification of the state pension system in the short-term many gain, in the longer-term most lose State pension age currently rising particularly sharply for women and will reach age 66 for both men and women by end of this decade further increases in line with longevity, subject to review, planned But long-run state spending on pensions still projected to rise Early evidence suggests automatic enrolment is boosting membership of workplace pensions evidence on contributions and, preferably, total saving needed Lifetime ISAs will be attractive to basic-rate taxpayers whose own pension contributions don t attract an employer match but how much additional saving will they generate?

Recent UK pensions policy Carl Emmerson Presentation at UCEA Annual Higher Education Pensions Conference, London, 13 June 2016