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808849

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date	18/12/2017
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Work Capability Assessment: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to ensure higher standards of service and stricter key performance indicators to improve performance when the contract for work capability assessments is up for renewal in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Luke Graham
uin	119958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The contract for the delivery of Work Capability Assessments expires in February 2020. As part of the two year extension agreement, we have agreed higher standards of service and improved Key Performance Indicators.</p><p> </p><p>During the remaining term of our current contract both the Department and our supplier will continue its drive for continuous contractual performance improvement and even higher standards. We will review our future requirements as part of our preparations for re-contracting.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 21/12/2017 15:24:59 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4622 label Biography information for Luke Graham

511487

registered interest
date	11/04/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Civil Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse has been of legal proceedings against his Department since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	904466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2016 answer text <p>Providing the requested information can only be done at the disproportionate cost threshold.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 14/04/2016 13:26:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

458874

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what factors he took into account when setting the new state pension age cut-off date.
tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
tabling member printed	Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
uin	30391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2016 answer text <p>The 2011 Green Paper “A state pension for the 21st century” set out the Government’s vision for a simpler state pension and proposed the new State Pension should start from April 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The 2013 White Paper “The single-tier pension: a simple foundation for saving” which set out proposals for the new State Pension in more detail proposed that it should be introduced in April 2017 at the earliest. However, having noted the positive responses to the White Paper, the Government looked again at whether it would be possible to introduce the reform earlier.</p><p> </p><p>The Government decided to return to the original timetable to deliver the reform as soon as possible, to support the roll-out of automatic enrolment and provide certainty concerning the changes for both individuals and their pension schemes at the earliest opportunity. The decision to return to the original implementation date also meant that around 400,000 more people would reach State Pension age under the new State Pension, including every woman affected by State Pension age changes in the Pensions Act 2011.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/03/2016 14:44:22 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh