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1148184

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2019
	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: Dunfermline and West Fife
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution in the Dunfermline and West Fife constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	294182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving, and reversing the decline in workplace pension participation in the decade prior to these reforms. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to opt outs or the number of individuals who have saved above the automatic enrolment minimum contribution level. However, we do know that overall around 9% of automatically enrolled workers have chosen to opt out which is significantly below original estimates; and our latest evaluation report shows that, in April 2017, approximately 5.9 million eligible employees were already meeting the April 2019 minimum contribution rates.</p><p> </p><p>I am providing the following information about the impact of automatic enrolment in your constituency, as of August 2019:</p><p> </p><p>In the Dunfermline and West Fife constituency, since 2012, approximately 7,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 1,310 employers have met their duties.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report 2018, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator’s data on Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance by constituency, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests" target="_blank">https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</a></p><p /> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/10/2019 09:48:00 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1167175

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2019
	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: Dunfermline and West Fife
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 8 October 2019 to Question 294182, how many employers in Dunfermline and West Fife constituency have not met their duties pertaining to the automatic enrolment of employees in a workplace pension scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	7168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving, and reversing the decline in workplace pension participation in the decade prior to these reforms. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to non-compliance of employers.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator’s data on automatic enrolment declaration of compliance by constituency is available via the following weblink: <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests" target="_blank">https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 04/11/2019 16:40:38 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1282631

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2021
	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	Winter Fuel Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recipients of the winter fuel payment were paid (a) prior to 31 December 2020 and (b) from 1 January to 1 February 2021; and how many payments remain outstanding.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	146911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2021 answer text <p>We are not able to respond to your request as this information is only available at disproportionate cost to DWP.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/02/2021 14:45:34 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 80325 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1282637

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2021
	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	Winter Fuel Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to tackle delays in the payment of the winter fuel payment.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	146912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2021 answer text <p>DWP paid ninety-nine per cent of payments on time, which equated to 11.4 Million payments.</p><p> </p><p>DWP has deployed additional resources to ensure that the remaining Winter Fuel Payments are made as soon as possible, as well as boosting our capacity to handle an increase in telephone enquiries.</p><p> </p><p>The remaining 1% of payments, and supplementary payments generated by a customer’s change of circumstances, will be made by 31 March 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/02/2021 14:48:52 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 80326 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1282638

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2021
	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	Winter Fuel Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will commission a review on processes relating to winter fuel payments to ensure that all qualifying recipients are paid (a) accurately and (b) within agreed timescales.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	146913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2021 answer text <p>As standard practice, DWP will review the Winter Fuel Payment exercise.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/02/2021 14:50:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 80327 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1361718

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2021
	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	Winter Fuel Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she has taken to ensure that the correct addresses have been used in letters sent to winter fuel payment recipients by her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	59822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>For Winter Fuel Entitlement, and all customer notifications, DWP uses information from customer records across the Department to identify the most recent address provided by a citizen.</p><p> </p><p>It is the responsibility of the citizen to inform DWP if they change their address and of any other changes that may affect their entitlement to Winter Fuel.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/10/2021 14:38:17 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1362211

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2021
	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, if she will ensure that the option of receiving the State Pension weekly or biweekly is made available on the claim form.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	60441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2021 answer text <p>There are no current plans to include options for receiving State Pension weekly/bi-weekly on the State Pension claim form.</p><p> </p><p>The customer can, however, request a change to another payment frequency if they wish, at any point after the initial claim and award payment is made. A customer may telephone or write to request this change. State Pension systems do have the functionality to provide an alternative payment frequency, at any point after the initial claim and award is made. The easiest way to do this is for the customer to contact Pension Service by telephone and an operational agent can facilitate the change.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/11/2021 10:38:57 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1362214

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2021
	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 her Department expects to meet service delivery targets with regards to the processing of new claims to state pension by the end of October 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	60442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>Yes. As of 4 November, there were 3,220 claims where we awaited further information from the customer before we can finalise their claim.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 10/11/2021 15:26:45 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1387476

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2021
	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, for what reason she has no current plans to include options for receiving the State Pension weekly or bi-weekly on the State Pension claim form.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	91988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2021 answer text <p>There are no current plans to include options for receiving State Pension weekly/bi-weekly on the State Pension claim form.</p><p>The customer can, however, request a change to another payment frequency if they wish, at any point after the initial claim and award payment is made. A customer may telephone or write to request this change. State Pension systems do have the functionality to provide an alternative payment frequency, at any point after the initial claim and award is made. The easiest way to do this is for the customer to contact Pension Service by telephone and an operational agent can facilitate the change.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/12/2021 14:37:27 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1144812

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the process is for (a) Skills Development Scotland and (b) other employment support agencies to be provided with access to data on claimants aged (i) 18 and (ii) 19 years that come off universal credit at the same level as they were prior to the roll-out.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	286785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department has been sharing data with Skills Development Scotland’s (SDS) since 2012 to support the Scottish Government’s commitments to 16-19 year olds and its Opportunities for All programme.</p><p>We have continued to work collaboratively with SDS to extend this data share to meet SDS needs – initially this was to extend to 18-24 year olds and then to include destination data. This is due to the Scottish Government’s commitment to ensure that the majority of places on the National Training Programmes, such as Modern Apprenticeships, are aimed at 16-24 year olds; and to maintaining priority in university and college places for young people.</p><p /> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/09/2019 13:35:11 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman