11 March 2026 – PDP project delivery award
In the Government Project Delivery Awards 2026, the MaPS PDP team wins the “Team of the Year Award” for their “transformative reset, following a 2023 red rating, dismantling silos and creating an inclusive, learning-focused culture … now holding amber status with high ministerial confidence”.
10 March 2026 – FCA Regulatory Priorities
FCA publishes its new Regulatory Priorities report on pensions, saying one of the things “we’ll do this year” is “Continue work with the PDP and DWP on the introduction of private sector pensions dashboards”.
9 March 2026 – Updated PDP DCO & PDAG lists
On its “Who we work with” webpage, PDP provides updated lists of the members of the Pensions Dashboards Advisory Group (PDAG) and PDP’s Directly Connected Organisations (DCOs).
5 March 2026 – MHPD RAG pensions display
A PDP blog article explains what the red / amber / green categorisation of pensions means on the MHPD.
2 March 2026 – MHPD Phase 2 testing starts
Large scale, unmoderated, live consumer testing of the MoneyHelper Pensions Dashboard (MHPD), known as “Phase 2 testing”, commences with a PDP blog on the recruitment of consumer testers, which I subsequently promote in a LinkedIn Post.
25 February 2026 – Standard Life research report
The Standard Life Centre for the Future of Retirement publishes a research report, produced in conjunction with the Institute for Employment Studies, finding strong employer support for pensions dashboards (as I posted on LinkedIn).
18 February 2026 – MHPD accessibility
A blog article by MaPS’s Adam Gifford explains what is being done to ensure the MHPD is usable by consumers with a range of access needs and low digital skills, such as impaired vision, motor difficulties, cognitive or learning disabilities, and deafness or impaired hearing.
17 February 2026 – Head of Communications role
MaPS advertises for a Head of Communications and Engagement for the MoneyHelper Pensions Dashboard, looking to develop “a trusted communications plan underpinning launch decisions” over 12-18 months. With interviews in May, and the successful applicant in post by July (or September if they’re on 3 months’ notice), this suggests a potential 2028 MHPD launch.
10 February 2026 – Impacts for members
The management team of the UK’s biggest pension scheme (by assets) – the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) – holds a workshop, with me presenting, thinking about the question:
“What will the dashboard mean for our members?”
Lots of scheme- and employer-specific issues for consideration, making me think that every scheme in the country needs to have this debate – see my LinkedIn post about it.
7 February 2026 – MHPD job role
MaPS publishes an advert recruiting for a job (closing date 9 March 2026) which is the “central role in developing and enhancing the MHPD – a nationally significant service that truly matters”.
3 February 2026 – PASA webinar Q&A
Following its webinar in September 2025, introducing updated matching guidance and the dashboards toolkit, PASA publishes a written Q&A document.
28 January 2026 – PDP reporting standards
In a blog article, PDP announces the publication of a consultation on the updated draft version 2.1 reporting standards, closing on 25 March 2026.
27 January 2026 – SMF health check report
The Social Market Foundation (SMF) publishes a research report recommending MaPS offer consumers a pensions dashboard health check, after the consumer has seen their monthly total Estimated Retirement Income (ERI) on the MHPD. See Next Steps on my ERICA page for the link, or see my LinkedIn Post promoting the SMF’s report.
22 January 2026 – PDP data preparation blog
PDP publishes a new summary blog for smaller pension schemes and providers on what they need to do to prepare their data for connection to the dashboards ecosystem
21 January 2026 – WPC oral evidence session
Speaking at an Oral evidence session of the Work and Pensions Committee, responding to a WASPI question from Corby and East Northamptonshire MP Lee Barron, Sir Peter Schofield, Permanent Secretary at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) says:
“The pensions dashboard, I think, is going to make a massive difference, enabling people to see not just their State Pension, but all their potential other pots available – [we are] working really hard to make a difference.”
At 11:26:15, Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP Johanna Baxter asks when the MHPD will be publicly available and Sir Peter says “at least six months away”.
8 January 2026 – PDP survey on a PSD VP group
PDP launches a survey (closing date in just over four weeks on Tuesday 10 February 2026) on how best to establish a Volunteer Participant (VP) group for potential operators of Private Sector Dashboards (PSDs).
7 January 2026 – PDP webinar Q&A
PDP publishes written answers to the 40 questions asked at their Progress Update Webinar held on Wednesday 10 December 2025.
1 January 2026 – Consumer live testing and data connections continue
As 2026 gets underway, live consumer testing of the MoneyHelper Pensions Dashboard (MHPD) continues. In July 2025, MaPS published its MHPD Consumer Testing approach and target timeline (on page 13).
If the testing goes well, we might get the Ministerial 6-month notice of the MHPD public launch by Christmas 2026, leading to a public launch some time during H1 2027 (see second timeline below). But it all depends on how well the testing goes – so keep abreast of updates.
Meanwhile all remaining in scope pensions data which is not yet connected to the dashboards ecosystem is due to be connected over the next nine months (Jan to Sep 2026) – see the Part 2 staging timeline below.
