PDP blogs on testing the MoneyHelper Pensions Dashboard

Chris Curry, Principal of the Pensions Dashboards Programme, has posted a blog about his experience testing the MoneyHelper Pensions Dashboard with his own pension data. 

Mr Curry said that, whilst his experience testing has provided valuable validation, the “critical test” will involve consumers, adding: “The first phase of this approach will involve targeted consumer testing with a small number of participants, likely to last around 12 weeks with up to 15 connected schemes. Through qualitative research conducted both in person and remotely, we'll evaluate the end-to-end journey for users viewing their state pension, defined contribution and defined benefit pensions. This testing aims to identify areas for improvement, understand how well pension matching works, and ensure the service meets diverse user needs before scaling to Phase 2.”

A subsequent blog published on October 6, 2025, discusses the progress of the live testing of the pensions dashboards system.

The next phase is low volume testing, with the intention of running several rounds over the next few months, commencing October 2025. The focus will be on ensuring the service is broadly working as expected and identifying any critical or severe pain points that need to be resolved.