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348332

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to increase compensation to Equitable Life pensioners beyond the level previously agreed.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	1017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to change the funding available to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date the Scheme has paid out over £1 billion to around 900,000 policyholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 11/06/2015 15:59:58 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

348383

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people and what proportion of those eligible to take advantage of the pensions flexibilities have received (a) face-to-face and (b) telephone advice through Pension Wise.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	1071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>The government committed to providing free, impartial guidance through Pension Wise, to help people make informed and confident decisions about how they use their defined contribution pension savings in retirement. It is available online, via the telephone and face to face.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 6 April – the date on which the new pension flexibilities commenced – Pension Wise had handled more than 3,600 calls since the opening of the contact centre in late March. Nearly 1400 people had booked a telephone guidance appointment with the Pensions Advisory Service, while nearly 380 people had booked a face to face appointment with Citizens Advice. Citizens Advice does not provide Pension Wise guidance over the phone.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on Pension Wise service usage since 6 April will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Pension Wise recommends that users take their time to prepare and gather relevant information before their guidance session, if they have not already done so by the time of booking their appointment; this can normally take around 2 weeks. The government estimates that, on average, face to face appointments take place within 9 days of booking.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 3251 question first answered 02/07/2015 16:40:27 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

348385

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been victims of fraud and mis-selling related to the new pensions flexibilities.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	1072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to my answer given on 11 June to PQ 2227.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More widely, the Government will be launching a consultation this month to strengthen people’s rights to access their pensions flexibly. The consultation will look at ways of making the process for transferring pensions from one scheme to another quicker and smoother and removing any unjustifiable barriers to doing so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 1073 question first answered 02/07/2015 16:34:54 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

348386

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to monitor the prevalence of fraud related to the new pensions freedoms.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	1073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon member to my answer given on 11 June to PQ 2227.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More widely, the Government will be launching a consultation this month to strengthen people’s rights to access their pensions flexibly. The consultation will look at ways of making the process for transferring pensions from one scheme to another quicker and smoother and removing any unjustifiable barriers to doing so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 1072 question first answered 02/07/2015 16:34:54 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

348418

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Advisory Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people sought telephone advice from The Pensions Advisory Service in (1) April following the commencement of the Pensions Schemes Act 2015, and (2) May.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The government committed to providing free, impartial guidance through Pension Wise, to help people make informed and confident decisions about how they use their defined contribution pension savings in retirement. It is available online, via the telephone and face to face.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 6 April – the date on which the new pension flexibilities commenced – Pension Wise had handled more than 3,600 calls since the opening of the contact centre in late March. Nearly 1400 people had booked a telephone guidance appointment with the Pensions Advisory Service, while nearly 380 people had booked a face to face appointment with Citizens Advice. Citizens Advice does not provide Pension Wise guidance over the phone.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on Pension Wise service usage since 6 April will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Pension Wise recommends that users take their time to prepare and gather relevant information before their guidance session, if they have not already done so by the time of booking their appointment; this can normally take around 2 weeks. The government estimates that, on average, face to face appointments take place within 9 days of booking.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL231 HL232 question first answered 01/07/2015 15:54:22 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

348419

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Advisory Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people sought (1) telephone advice, and (2) an in-person interview, with Citizens Advice in (a) April following the commencement of the Pensions Schemes Act 2015, and (b) May.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The government committed to providing free, impartial guidance through Pension Wise, to help people make informed and confident decisions about how they use their defined contribution pension savings in retirement. It is available online, via the telephone and face to face.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 6 April – the date on which the new pension flexibilities commenced – Pension Wise had handled more than 3,600 calls since the opening of the contact centre in late March. Nearly 1400 people had booked a telephone guidance appointment with the Pensions Advisory Service, while nearly 380 people had booked a face to face appointment with Citizens Advice. Citizens Advice does not provide Pension Wise guidance over the phone.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on Pension Wise service usage since 6 April will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Pension Wise recommends that users take their time to prepare and gather relevant information before their guidance session, if they have not already done so by the time of booking their appointment; this can normally take around 2 weeks. The government estimates that, on average, face to face appointments take place within 9 days of booking.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL230 HL232 question first answered 01/07/2015 15:54:22 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

348420

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Citizens Advice
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the current waiting time for an in-person interview with Citizens Advice.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The government committed to providing free, impartial guidance through Pension Wise, to help people make informed and confident decisions about how they use their defined contribution pension savings in retirement. It is available online, via the telephone and face to face.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 6 April – the date on which the new pension flexibilities commenced – Pension Wise had handled more than 3,600 calls since the opening of the contact centre in late March. Nearly 1400 people had booked a telephone guidance appointment with the Pensions Advisory Service, while nearly 380 people had booked a face to face appointment with Citizens Advice. Citizens Advice does not provide Pension Wise guidance over the phone.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on Pension Wise service usage since 6 April will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Pension Wise recommends that users take their time to prepare and gather relevant information before their guidance session, if they have not already done so by the time of booking their appointment; this can normally take around 2 weeks. The government estimates that, on average, face to face appointments take place within 9 days of booking.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL230 HL231 question first answered 01/07/2015 15:54:22 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

348441

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development statement that without investment in United Kingdom infrastructure of around 3.5 per cent of gross domestic product per year, competitiveness would be blunted and there would be detrimental implications for the quality of life for the United Kingdom's growing population.
tabling member printed	Lord Kinnock
uin	HL253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Following actions taken in the last Parliament, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development forecasts the UK to be the fastest growing major advanced economy in 2015, with GDP growth of 2.4 per cent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that improving productivity is the route to raising standards of living for everyone in this country, and that high quality infrastructure is necessary for a productive and competitive economy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>That is why the National Infrastructure Plan was introduced. It sets out a coherent vision for economic infrastructure in the UK, including delivery plans to 2020 in key sectors to provide transparency and clarity to investors and the supply chain on the Government’s strategy to finance and deliver critical projects. The 2014 Plan was published alongside a pipeline of over £460 billion of public and private investment in infrastructure to the end of the decade and beyond.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is also why the Government will publish a Productivity Plan before the Budget. This will be our plan to make Britain work better. It will be based on providing economic security, rebalancing the economy and building the Northern Powerhouse, and making our economy more productive by improving our physical infrastructure, among other measures.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 15/06/2015 12:11:31 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	693 label Biography information for Lord Kinnock

348442

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to increase government investment in infrastructure from the currently planned level of around £30 billion a year in order to achieve the annual target recommended by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development of 3.5 per cent of gross domestic product.
tabling member printed	Lord Kinnock
uin	HL254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Average annual infrastructure investment, in the public and private sectors, was 15 per cent higher in the last Parliament than it was in the preceding Parliament - increasing from £41 billion between 2005-06 and 2009-10 to £47 billion between 2010-11 and 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The National Infrastructure Plan 2014 set out an infrastructure pipeline of over £460 billion of planned public and private investment to the end of the decade and beyond.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the last parliament, the Government prioritised capital investment plans in infrastructure, increasing them by £10 billion. The 2013 Budget made those increases permanent, increasing capital plans by £3 billion per year from 2015/16.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 15/06/2015 12:08:08 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	693 label Biography information for Lord Kinnock

348443

registered interest
date	03/06/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Investment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to increase the level of public sector net investment set out in the December 2014 Office of Budget Responsibility Economic and Fiscal Outlook to a level above 1.3 per cent of gross domestic product for the 2016–17 financial year, and to a level above 1.2 per cent of gross domestic product for the 2017–18, 2018–19 and 2019–20 financial years.
tabling member printed	Lord Kinnock
uin	HL255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The most recent forecasts for Public Sector Net Investment by the Office for Budget Responsibility can be found in their March 2015 Economic and Fiscal Outlook. The government will set out its plans for spending beyond 2015-16 later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley question first answered 16/06/2015 14:11:55 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	693 label Biography information for Lord Kinnock