It is estimated that nationally, around £400 million lies unclaimed in people’s pension pots. On average, people have as many as 11 jobs over their working life and this means that very often, it is all too easy to lose track of a former employer’s pension scheme; especially when people move house, administrators may change their name or providers may merge.

The Pension Tracing Service has launched a new website to help people quickly and easily track down their forgotten pension savings. It is a free service and although it can’t tell you if you have benefits in a particular scheme or how much they are worth, it will provide you with the contact details so you can get in touch and find out.

Visit www.gov.uk/find-pension-contact-details to use this service.