The Pensions Advisory Service
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The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) is a UK non-departmental public body
and independent non-profit organisation which provides free information, advice and guidance on the whole spectrum of pensions, covering state, company and individual schemes. Additionally they help any member of the public who has a problem, complaint or dispute with their occupational or private pension arrangement.
The organisation is grant-aided by the Department for Work and Pensions
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The service is provided by a nationwide network of volunteer advisers with the required knowledge and experience who are supported and augmented by a technical and administrative staff based in London.
Non-departmental public body
In the United Kingdom, a non-departmental public body —often referred to as a quango—is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Executive to certain types of public bodies...
and independent non-profit organisation which provides free information, advice and guidance on the whole spectrum of pensions, covering state, company and individual schemes. Additionally they help any member of the public who has a problem, complaint or dispute with their occupational or private pension arrangement.
The organisation is grant-aided by the Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions
The Department for Work and Pensions is the largest government department in the United Kingdom, created on June 8, 2001 from the merger of the employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security and headed by the Secretary of State for Work and...
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The service is provided by a nationwide network of volunteer advisers with the required knowledge and experience who are supported and augmented by a technical and administrative staff based in London.