Over 70m pension records are now connected to the Pensions Dashboards ecosystem, representing about 85% of the records expected to connect, according to the government-backed Money and Pensions Service (MAPS).
The records come from 1,500 pension providers and schemes who have connected, including State Pension data.
The deadline for connection has passed for the first four cohorts of medium-sized providers and schemes, with the final connections due before 31 October.
Rachel Vahey, head of public policy at platform AJ Bell, said there was growing pressure on the Department for Work and Pension to announce a launch date for the Dashboards.
She said: “Getting Pensions Dashboards up and running has been a long-held dream of the government and pensions industry. Doing so will give people the ability to see all their pensions in one place at the touch of a button.
“But implementing it is no easy task, with the project so far beset by delays and restarts. However, the hope is that we are now – albeit slowly – inching our way towards a launch date.”
The Government has yet to announce when Pensions Dashboards will be launched but the date is expected to be in the 2027/28 financial year.
The Money and Pensions Service’s CEO Oliver Morley said earlier this month that he expected the MoneyHelper Pensions Dashboard to be available to the public in 2027/28 and that he expected to provide an update on launch in the final quarter of this year.
The dashboard launch has previously been postponed and there have been concerns raised by the industry on its expected accuracy and lack of support for savers looking to consolidate pots.
An interim report from the Pension Commission on the state of retirement saving in the UK last week highlighted the potential for Dashboards to change the behavioural dynamics of pension consolidation and boost pension saving through better engagement.
Research from the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) reveals that £31.1bn is estimated to be sitting in lost pension pots, with almost 3.3m ‘lost pots’ in the UK, with an average value of nearly £9,500.
DWP figures revealed that 770,000 people submitted an online query to the Pension Tracing Service during 2025 with a further 66,000 contacting the service via phone.