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908455

	registered interest
	date	21/05/2018
	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 Protection Fund: Carillion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to ensure that support is provided for former Carillion employees whose pensions will not be covered by the Pension Protection Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	905457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>There are 12 Carillion DB schemes in the Pension protection Fund (PPF) assessment period.</p><p> </p><p>The PPF are working with scheme administrators to determine whether they can pay pensions at or above PPF benefits. Where a scheme cannot do this, the PPF will assume responsibility and pay compensation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Individuals above their scheme’s normal pension age will receive 100% of their accrued pension, and all other members will receive 90%, subject to an overall cap.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/05/2018 16:38:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

756842

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	National Insurance Contributions: Voluntary Work
	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 forthcoming National Insurance Contributions Bill, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of granting Class 3 national insurance credits to young people engaged in full-time social action programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
	uin	8437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to introduce a Class 3 National Insurance credit for volunteers.</p><p> </p><p>However on 6 September, a Call For Evidence was published on the Full-Time Social Action Review which will develop recommendations on how to support full time volunteering.</p><p> </p><p>Details of how to submit evidence are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643612/Full_Time_Social_Action_Review_-_Call_for_Evidence.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643612/Full_Time_Social_Action_Review_-_Call_for_Evidence.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The review will consider what the voluntary sector, industry and, if needed, government can do to support full-time volunteering.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 8438 8487 question first answered 12/09/2017 16:02:57 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

756843

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	National Insurance Contributions: Voluntary Work
	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 forthcoming National Insurance Contributions Bill, if =he-she- will consult the Youth Full-Time Social Action Review on the potential merits of granting Class 3 national insurance credits to full-time volunteers.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
	uin	8438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to introduce a Class 3 National Insurance credit for volunteers.</p><p> </p><p>However on 6 September, a Call For Evidence was published on the Full-Time Social Action Review which will develop recommendations on how to support full time volunteering.</p><p> </p><p>Details of how to submit evidence are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643612/Full_Time_Social_Action_Review_-_Call_for_Evidence.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643612/Full_Time_Social_Action_Review_-_Call_for_Evidence.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The review will consider what the voluntary sector, industry and, if needed, government can do to support full-time volunteering.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 8437 8487 question first answered 12/09/2017 16:02:57 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

777047

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2017
	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	Workplace Pensions
	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 Taylor Review of modern working practices, published in July 2017, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on improving the pensions of workers subject to insecure working practices, including supply teachers.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	109410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>I have discussed important cross-cutting areas of employment practices and pensions with Ministerial colleagues including the Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility. In addition, my officials have been working closely with the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy officials, in connection with both the Taylor Review of modern working practices and the DWP Review of automatic enrolment.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic enrolment duties apply to those who act as an employer of any eligible job holder(s) under the rules set out in the Pensions Act 2008. For example, a supply teacher working through, and being paid by, an agency will have the right to be automatically enrolled into a workplace pension through that agency if they meet the age and earnings eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>Since the roll out of automatic enrolment began in 2012, over 8.7 million people have been enrolled into a workplace pension scheme. By the time roll out is complete, we estimate that around 10 million people will be newly saving or saving more and an additional £17bn per year of pension savings will be generated by 2019/20. This policy has been fundamental in improving pension outcomes for eligible jobholders.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 30/10/2017 15:05:59 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

754260

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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	Pensions
	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 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, for what reasons pensioners in countries such as the Netherlands receive a 50 per cent higher income in retirement than their British counterparts.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	6010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2017 answer text <p>Although international comparisons are insightful it is difficult to draw a direct parallel due to different historical impacts and systems.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has and is continuing to work hard to ensure financial security in later life.</p><p>The UK system is based on a foundation income from the State in the form of the new State Pension, with provision above that from private saving, facilitated by auto-enrolment and pensions flexibilities. Thanks to triple lock, in April 2017, the basic state pension was over £1200 a year higher than it was in April 2010. The government is committed to the triple lock for the remainder of this parliament. The basic state pension it is now at one of its highest rates relative to earnings for over two decades, reversing a trend of decline we saw between 1997 and 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Recent reforms to private pensions including the introduction of Automatic Enrolment are also helping to improve retirement outcomes for future generations.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 06/09/2017 10:37:10 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

847035

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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, with reference to her Department’s response to Freedom of Information request 378/2016, for what reasons transitional arrangements No. 22 and 23 of Table A have not been costed.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Faisal Rashid
	uin	129209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Table A shows all of the options considered by the Government during the passage of the Pensions Act 2011. At the time the options were prioritised for costing, and those which were less specific in scope were not costed.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 01/03/2018 15:44:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4670 label Biography information for Faisal Rashid

823426

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	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: Post Office Card Account
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, why her Department is asking the recipients of state pensions to switch the accounts that their pensions are paid into from the Post Office to a bank, building society or credit union.
	tabling member constituency	Neath
	tabling member printed	Christina Rees
	uin	122905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Direct Payment into a bank, building society or credit union account is the standard way to make all government payments.</p><p> </p><p>The Post Office card account (POca) was introduced in 2003 as a very simple service through which pension and benefits can be paid. It was always intended as a stepping stone into mainstream banking, and financial inclusion, while customers got used to elements of banking.</p><p> </p><p>There are now fewer barriers to prevent people, who do not have an existing account, from accessing and using one. Importantly as most bank accounts can be accessed at the post office it doesn’t need to change how or where they collect their money.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, POca is expensive to administer and as we deal with public funds we have a duty to use the most cost-effective method for issuing customer payments - which is into a bank, building society or credit union account.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/01/2018 17:03:28 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

832981

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2018
	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	Pensions: Consumer Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which types of pension scheme will be required to provide information to the pensions dashboard in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
	uin	125297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>As announced on 19th October 2017 the DWP is leading a feasibility study, working with industry, consumer-facing organisations and the regulators to explore the key issues and determine a path towards implementation for the pensions dashboard.</p><p>As part of the feasibility study, the Department is considering how best to ensure the widest possible participation of pension schemes to meet the user need and ensure the dashboard is a success. To inform the study, the Department is looking at the experiences of other countries as well as taking into account the views from different parts of the UK pensions industry. The feasibility report is expected to be published in March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/02/2018 14:19:15 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

846313

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which external recruitment agencies are used by his Department's non-departmental public bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	128977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested is in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Recruitment Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Used By </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adecco</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Ombudsman</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashe Consulting</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Ombudsman</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Badenock and Clark</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita (CL One Framework)</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DGH Recruitment</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drew Chapman</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Ombudsman</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Foreman IT</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hays</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Advisory Service The Pensions Ombudsman The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hayes Executive</p></td><td><p>Health &amp; Safety Executive</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IRG Advisors LLP (t/a Odgers Berndtson)</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Methods Consulting</p></td><td><p>Health &amp; Safety Executive</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Michael Page Recruitment</p></td><td><p>Health &amp; Safety Executive The Pensions Advisory Service The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office Angels</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Ombudsman</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People Source Ltd (Experis)</p></td><td><p>Health &amp; Safety Executive The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RBW Consulting</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reed Business Support</p></td><td><p>Health &amp; Safety Executive The Pensions Advisory Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reed Employment</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reed Technology</p></td><td><p>Health &amp; Safety Executive</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROC Search</p></td><td><p>Health &amp; Safety Executive</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sammonds Pensions</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Advisory Service The Pensions Ombudsman</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Search</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tate</p></td><td><p>The Pensions Regulator</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/02/2018 16:09:50 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

805170

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which current EU Member States had historical bilateral agreements with the UK that guaranteed annual uprating of UK state pensions?
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	118842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom’s reciprocal social security agreements with EU Member States as well as Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland are generally superseded by EU law. The reciprocal agreements with Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland all made provision regarding annual increases in the state pension.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 18/12/2017 12:22:26 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill