Who is eligible?

The Pension Protection Fund covers certain defined benefit occupational pension schemes and defined benefit elements of hybrid schemes.

Schemes eligible for protection by the Pension Protection Fund will be liable to pay the Pension Protection Fund levies and the scheme members may be entitled to compensation should an insolvency event occur in relation to the scheme’s employer.

The insolvency event must have occurred on or after 6 April 2005. Details of the kind of insolvency event that will qualify a scheme for the Pension Protection Fund are on our website.

Some schemes are not eligible for the Pension Protection Fund, and details of these are available on our website.