Standards

The Pension Schemes Act 2021 and the Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022 give authority to the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP), as part of the Money and Pensions Service, to set standards relating to the practical operation of pensions dashboards services and the digital infrastructure needed to support them.

The standards will provide the rules and controls that will facilitate the ongoing connection to the pensions dashboards ecosystem.

Standards

Data standards

Data standards set out the data formatting requirements pension providers must follow when returning pensions data.

Technical standards

Technical standards are what data and dashboard providers will use to interface with the central technical architecture and/or each other.

Code of connection

The code of connection will combine the required security, service and operational standards, which ecosystem participants must adhere to.

Design standards: consultation

Design standards will set out requirements for presentation of the pensions data on dashboards and design of the dashboards, including messaging, signposting and onward customer journeys.