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1172389

	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	house id	2
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the number of people with epilepsy who have been supported into work by the Government since October 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to reducing the disability employment gap and seeing a million more disabled people in work by 2027. We support disabled people, including people with epilepsy, to return to work through programmes such as the Work and Health Programme, Access to Work and the new Intensive Personalised Employment Support Programme. We will publish a National Strategy for Disabled People before the end of 2020. This will look at ways to improve the benefits system, opportunities and access for disabled people in terms of housing, education, transport and jobs.</p><p> </p>
	tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

1178763

	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service does not fine Paying Parents for not paying their child maintenance. They do however recover the unpaid child maintenance through the use of enforcements actions such as deductions from earrings orders, deduction orders and civil enforcement. In cases where the Child Maintenance Service believe the Paying Parent can pay, but are refusing to do so they can apply to the courts to send the Paying Parents to prison, disqualifying them from holding or obtaining a passport or driving licence. The figures described can be found in the quarterly National Tables for the Child Maintenance Service statistics (data to September 2019), Table 12 (“Enforcement Actions”). This is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-september-2019-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-september-2019-experimental</a></p>
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1471967

	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Funeral Expenses Payments (FEP) scheme provides an important contribution towards the cost of a simple, respectful funeral arranged by someone who is in receipt of certain income related benefits or tax credits.</p><p><br> The scheme meets the necessary costs of a burial or cremation in full and offers up to £1000 to meet other funeral expenses such as, the cost of a coffin, church and funeral director fees. In April 2020, we increased the maximum amount families can claim for these additional costs by 43%, from £700 to £1000, providing vital financial support to families grieving the loss of a loved one.</p><p> </p><p>The average FEP award in 2020/21 was £1,838, while the average cost of a cremation was £3,765 and average cost for a burial funeral was £4,927. (Costs vary significantly by region).</p>
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1351277

	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>There have been no meetings between Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) officials and PHSO representatives regarding a potential investigation into the AEA Technology pension scheme. PHSO is an independent body accountable directly to Parliament, it would be inappropriate for DWP officials to influence its investigations.</p>
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1351278

	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>On 7 July 2016 the AEA Technology (AEAT) pension scheme transferred to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).</p><p> </p><p>The PPF is the statutory compensation scheme. It provides compensation to members of eligible defined benefit pension schemes where the sponsoring employer has become insolvent and the scheme is unable to secure its pension liabilities at least at PPF compensation levels.</p><p> </p><p>AEAT scheme members who are over their scheme’s normal pension age (NPA) at the date that their employer became insolvent would receive 100 per cent of their accrued scheme benefits, as calculated at the date of employer insolvency. Those members under NPA at the date that the employer became insolvent would receive PPF compensation paid at 90 per cent of accrued scheme benefits, as calculated at the date of employer insolvency.</p>
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1351280

	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>No assessment has been made, but the Pension Protection Fund continue to provide statutory compensation where a sponsoring employer becomes insolvent.</p>
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1683107

	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Complaints about the AEAT scheme have previously been considered by relevant government bodies, including The Pensions Ombudsman (TPO) and The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO). Decisions on these complaints including whether they are able to investigate them have been taken according to the remits given to them by Parliament and other broader statutory constraints.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to bring forward new legislation for these bodies in relation to this scheme.</p>
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1690526

	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Discussions between officials from my Department and Cabinet Office have not concluded. It would be unreasonable to pre-empt the outcome of those discussions. Wider considerations, such as potential routes of redress beyond the powers of the Pensions Ombudsman, fall outside the remit of my Department.</p>
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1698340

	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold information on members of the Atomic Energy Agency Technology pension scheme.</p>
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1698341

	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	house id	1
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Following the Work and Pensions Committee (WPC) on the 10 January, The Department of Work and Pensions officials have met with their Cabinet Office counterparts who have responsibility for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman. Conversations with Cabinet Office are ongoing. This is a complex issue requiring further consideration, therefore there is no set timescale.</p>
	tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis