Reports and analysis

We examine how the connection process has operated in practice for organisations connecting to the central digital architecture (CDA).

Pension providers and schemes in scope of legislation must have completed connection by 31 October 2026.

There are now less than 12 months until the legal deadline for pension providers and schemes to connect to the pensions dashboards ecosystem.

This report presents the findings from the preparation for dashboards survey of Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulated pension providers, conducted in 2024.

The first pension provider has finalised connection to the pensions dashboards ecosystem on 17 April 2025, as per DWP’s staged timetable in guidance.

Three participant organisations have passed through the stages required to connect to the ecosystem for pensions dashboards, opening the way for the first schemes to connect and marking a significant step towards a tool that will help transform retirement planning.

The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) is currently in reset, with support from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The reset began in March with the appointment of a reset board and reset team to help oversee the work.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has today issued a written ministerial statement providing an update on the connection deadline for pensions dashboards.

The Pensions Dashboards Programme call for input on staging outlines the proposals for the order and timing of when data providers will connect to the ecosystem.

On March 2, 2023, the DWP announced changes to pension providers' connection deadlines due to PDP's inability to meet set timelines. PDP and DWP are working on a new delivery plan.