The Minister for Pensions told us that the Department for Work and Pensions is trying to make pensions simpler. We support this principle. But simplicity alone is not enough to improve outcomes for savers. The Government and regulators will either need to increase saver engagement—encouraging and enabling savers to make their own decisions—or take a more interventionist approach with passive savers to ensure that they do not default to a decision against their best interest. (Paragraph 12) Options when accessing pensions