Disability significantly impacts pension participation

Only 58% of people who say they have a disability have a pension pot

Isabel Baxter
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Disability significantly impacts participation in pensions, Interactive Investor’s Great British Retirement Survey 2023 has revealed

The study found 58% of people who say they have a disability that affects them significantly have any pension pots, compared with 82% of non-disabled people of working age. Pension expectations are lower as well, the survey found. These go down from £23,200 for non-disabled people to £18,400 among all with a disability. Overall, the study said there was a 12% percentage point gap in pension participation between people who have any kind of disability and those who do not - 70% versus 82% "As a disabled woman on state benefits, working 19 hours a day as an unpaid carer for my severe...

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