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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.

PDP have published updated connection standards pending approval. Design standards consultation and webinars took place on December 5th, 7th, and 8th, 2022.

The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has today announced that the consultation on dashboards standards will launch on 19 July and run for 6 weeks.

The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has issued a call for input on proposals for the staged compulsory connection of pension providers to the dashboards ecosystem.