Personal accounts: a new way to save
The Government published its White Paper, Personal Accounts: A new way to save, on 12 December 2006. This was followed by a period of public consultation which closed on 20 March 2007. The Government has now published its response to the consultation.
This White Paper sets out the Government's proposals for a new national system of low-cost personal accounts.
The White Paper 'Personal accounts: a new way to save' is a large document. To make access to the PDF version of the White Paper easier, it has been split into a number of separate files. The "Contents" file gives more detail on what information is included in each file. The Executive Summary is a shortened version of the full document.
Executive Summary
Personal accounts: a new way to save
- Personal accounts - full document (2.97MB)

Contents
- Front cover (444KB)

- Contents, Prime Minister’s foreword, Ministerial foreword and Summary (1.68MB)

- Chapter 1: Individuals and automatic enrolment (385KB)

- Chapter 2: Choosing the personal accounts model (526KB)

- Chapter 3: Delivering personal accounts (268KB)

- Chapter 4: Charges and financing (393KB)

- Chapter 5: Investment and accessing savings (708KB)

- Chapter 6: Employers and private pension reform (233KB)

- Chapter 7: Personal accounts and existing pension provision (225KB)

- Chapter 8: Next steps (207KB)

- Annex: Response to the Work and Pensions Select Committee Report: Recommendations and conclusions (55.2KB)

- Glossary (60.3KB)

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