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749698

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of women born in the 1950s who are subject to changes in the state pension age in (a) Oxford West and Abingdon constituency and (b) Oxfordshire.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	3670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1953 were affected by State Pension age equalisation under the Pensions Act 1995.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Act 2011 accelerated the equalisation of State Pension age, and included transitional arrangements limiting State Pension age delays, affecting women born between 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953. It also brought forward the increase in State Pension age from 65 to 66 which affected women born between 6 December 1953 and 5 April 1960.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the numbers affected by constituent country, parliamentary constituency or local authority is not held by the Department for Work and Pensions. However, the most recent population breakdowns for England and its parliamentary constituencies by age can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates</a></p><p> </p><p>Population breakdowns by local authority, region and country can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland</a></p><p> </p><p>The House of Commons library have produced a paper estimating the number of women affected by the Pensions Act 2011 (those born between 6 April 1953 and 5 April 1960) by constituency, which can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7405/CBP-07405constituencyestimates.xlsx" target="_blank">http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7405/CBP-07405constituencyestimates.xlsx</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/07/2017 10:06:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

749290

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Government Departments: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Government Departments are disability confident.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>All Government Departments have signed up to the Disability Confident scheme.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/07/2017 12:05:25 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

749505

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Pension Rights: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he will take to eliminate inequalities in pension rights.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	3448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The decision was made in 1995 to equalise the State Pension age for men and women. This addressed a longstanding inequality in pension age. If State Pension ages had not been equalised, women would be spending over 40% of their adult life in retirement. Men’s and women’s State Pension age will equalise in November 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The new State Pension is much more generous for many women, who have been historically worse off under the old system. By 2030, over 3 million women stand to gain an average of £550 extra per year as a result of recent changes.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic enrolment into workplace pensions was designed to help more people save for their retirement, including groups who historically have been less likely to save, such as women and lower earners. In 2012, overall workplace participation by eligible female employees was 58 per cent, compared to male participation at 52 per cent but since the introduction of automatic enrolment, the participation of female eligible employees has increased to 80 per cent in 2016 with overall male participation at 76 per cent.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the current review of automatic enrolment, the Government has committed to look at the existing coverage of the policy and consider the needs of those not currently benefiting from automatic enrolment. The review will have regard to the Equality Act, as well as the need to balance the needs of individual savers, with affordability for employers and value for money for tax payers.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/07/2017 15:52:52 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

749511

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date he plans to publish the list of long-term and life-limiting diseases that will be exempt from benefit re-assessments.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>There is no condition based entitlement to Employment Support Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>Rather than a list of specific medical conditions, the criteria will be based on identifying claimants with the most severe health conditions or disabilities where it would be unreasonable to expect the individual to undertake any form or amount of work or work-related activity.</p><p> </p><p>This change will come into effect in autumn 2017 and will apply to those placed in Employment and Support Allowance’s Support Group and the Universal Credit equivalent.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently working with stakeholders to develop the new criteria and, when finalised, the amended guidance will be incorporated into the Work Capability Assessment Handbook published annually on GOV.UK. This change will be reflected in the summer 2018 update.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/07/2017 12:03:27 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

749512

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his policy to halve the disability employment gap by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>This Government remains dedicated to improving employment outcomes for people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. The Government has committed itself to getting 1 million more disabled people into work over the next ten years.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/07/2017 11:51:03 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

749514

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Employment: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, on what date he plans to publish the White Paper on Work, Health and Disability.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	3586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government published the Work, Health and Disability Green Paper (Improving Lives) in October 2016. The Government is currently reviewing over 6000 responses that were received as part of a national consultation, is considering next steps and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/07/2017 11:57:26 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

748623

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	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, whether he has plans to raise the state pension age.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	3142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has already stated that people should expect to spend on average ‘up to one third’ of their adult lives in retirement; and that any changes to State Pension age in the future should be fair to current and future generations of pensioners.</p><p> </p><p>To inform the first review into State Pension age, the Government commissioned two independent reports which were published in March 2017. I welcome both John Cridland’s report and the Government Actuary’s report as significant contributions to the evidence base.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State is giving this issue the full consideration it deserves and will publish his report in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/07/2017 09:51:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

748720

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent (a) sanctioning and (b) monitoring Employment and Support Allowance claimants over the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	3252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not separately identify the cost of sanctioning and monitoring claimants by benefit type.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/07/2017 09:32:14 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

748721

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the abolition of the Employment and Support Allowance Work-Related Activity component on the incidence of claimant poverty.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	3253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>There will be no cash losers among those who are already in receipt of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and we have laid regulations to protect existing ESA claimants, including those who temporarily leave the benefit to try out work and then return to ESA.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published its assessment of the impacts of the change to the work-related activity component on 20 July 2015. <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006B.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 11/07/2017 09:26:55 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

748722

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Employment and Support Allowance: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people applying for Employment and Support Allowance in Scotland had to wait more than six weeks to receive their benefit in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	3254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 11/07/2017 09:38:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley