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596127

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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	British Steel: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what meetings he has had with Ministers of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the British Steel Pension Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	47146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>Officials from both departments maintain regular contact on this issue.</p><p>So far, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has had one meeting with Ministers of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to discuss the British Steel Pensions Scheme, and future meetings are planned.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/10/2016 16:30:19 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

596114

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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 assessment he has made of the effect of the triple lock pension policy on the number of pensioners living in poverty in (a) Woking constituency, (b) the South East and (c) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
	uin	46749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>While we can’t draw a direct link between the triple lock and pensioner poverty, pensioner poverty is at one of the lowest rates since records began, with 100,000 fewer pensioners in relative poverty (after housing costs) than there were in 2009/10. Pensioners are now less likely to be in relative and absolute low income after housing costs than the population as a whole. The Government continues to support the poorest pensioners, not least through Pension Credit which tops up income to a guaranteed minimum level of £155.60 for a single person and £237.55 for couples.</p><p>The Government wants all pensioners to have a decent and secure income in retirement. We have committed to maintain the triple lock to 2020, the guarantee that both the basic State Pension and the new State Pension will increase by the highest of the growth in average earnings, price increase or 2.5%. The full basic State Pension is now over £1,100 a year higher than it was at the start of the last Parliament. This is benefitting many of the 17,000 recipients of the State Pension in Woking, the 1.7 million recipients in the South East and the 13 million recipients in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/10/2016 11:57:12 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

596115

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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	Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 44305, what estimate he has made of the number of people who are not in receipt of the expected level of guaranteed income because their defined benefit pension fund is in deficit.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	46915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>None - the fact that a pension scheme is in deficit does not mean that it cannot pay the pensions which are currently in payment. A deficit simply means that the assets currently held by the scheme are insufficient to meet the estimated cost of paying <strong>all</strong> the scheme’s existing and future pension liabilities when they fall due. In these circumstances trustees agree deficit repair contributions to eliminate any deficit over an appropriate period with the sponsor, taking into account scheme and employer circumstances.</p><p>In the unlikely event that a scheme has insufficient assets to pay current pensions calculated under scheme rules, the sponsoring employer must pay additional contributions into the scheme. If the sponsoring employer cannot do so because it becomes insolvent, the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is in place to ensure that members receive an appropriate level of compensation.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/10/2016 15:20:55 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

596100

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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	Workplace Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2016 to Question 45590, what representations he has made to the Defined Benefit pension sector on pension deficits reported in September 2016; what steps his Department is taking to support that sector in decreasing their deficit; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	47381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>We are continuing to look at issues affecting DB schemes and we have been exploring whether there is more that this Government can do. However, any potential changes would need to be considered very carefully against the need to ensure appropriate protection for members, the impact on business, and the needs of the wider economy.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/10/2016 11:46:29 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe