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390085

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average sum held in the pension funds of people who were enrolled in a pension scheme as part of the auto-enrolment process.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Greengross
	uin	HL1497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Findings from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) Wealth and Asset survey show that overall, the average (median) amount of wealth held in pensions not yet in payment was £33,000 in 2010/12. There is no breakdown available to show wealth held in funds created due to Automatic Enrolment.</p><p> </p><p>DWP’s annual official statistics on workplace pension participation found that in 2014, the annual total amount saved in workplace pensions by employees eligible for Automatic Enrolment was £80.3 billion, an increase of £6.6 billion from 2012.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 21/07/2015 14:04:34 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	2518 label Biography information for Baroness Greengross

390192

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	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	Housing Benefit: Expenditure
	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 paragraph 1.153 of the Summer Budget 2015, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the £800 million each local authority will receive.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	7396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Local Authorities have overall responsibility for how Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs) are administered and paid, considering each case on its own merits. The Department publishes a DHP guidance manual and good practice guide to help Local Authorities identify those outline claimants who may require a DHP .</p><p> </p><p>No decisions have been made on allocations to local authorities for 2016/2017 and beyond. We consider the allocation of Discretionary Housing Payments each year, based on each local authority’s Housing Benefit expenditure and the local impact of reforms.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 7395 question first answered 21/07/2015 13:02:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

390879

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2015 to Question 5750, when figures for after August 2014 will be available.
	tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
	uin	7748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The figures are already available. The response to Question 5750 included links to statistics for periods beyond August 2014.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 09:31:41 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

390485

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	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	Unemployment: Insurance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has commissioned advice on the potential introduction of a compulsory unemployment insurance scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	7344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>No such advice has been commissioned.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 10:51:22 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

390869

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	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	Food Banks: Scotland
	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 effect of the measures in the Summer Budget 2015 on foodbank use in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	7750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The factors driving Food Bank use are many and complex – as the All Party Parliamentary Group report recognised. We know that work is the best route out of poverty, which is why we are introducing a living wage and bringing forward reforms to ensure work always pays.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 12:00:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

390873

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	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	Housing Benefit: 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 Scottish households have backdated housing benefit claims in excess of four weeks.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	7753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested about how many Scottish Households have backdated benefit claims in excess of four weeks is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/07/2015 10:14:00 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

389127

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2015
	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: Public Appointments
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will list those persons appointed as chairs of non-departmental public bodies by the Department for Work and Pensions.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
	uin	HL1313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As at 16 July 2015, the information requested is:</p><p> </p><p>Ian Russell Disabled People’s Employment Corporation (GB) Ltd. (formerly Remploy Ltd.)</p><p>Judith Hackitt Health and Safety Executive</p><p>Professor Keith Palmer Industrial Injuries Advisory Council</p><p>Otto Thoresen National Employment Savings Trust Corporation</p><p>Anthony Arter Pensions Ombudsman and Pension Protection Fund Ombudsman</p><p>Geoff Shanks (interim chair) The Pensions Advisory Service</p><p>Mark Boyle The Pensions Regulator</p><p>Paul Gray Social Security Advisory Committee</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 21/07/2015 14:02:16 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top

390875

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2015
	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: Self-employed
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of self-employed people made regular pension contributions in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	7655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP’s Family Resources Survey (FRS) collects information on the income and circumstances of private households in the United Kingdom. Findings from this survey (2010/11 to 2013/14) have reported the following proportions of self-employed individuals participating in some form of pension provision for each of the years asked:</p><p> </p><p>a) 2010/11 – 21%</p><p>b) 2011/12 – 20%</p><p>c) 2012/13 – 18%</p><p>d) 2013/14 – 17%</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/07/2015 16:13:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

390009

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	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	Fit for Work Programme
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress is being made on the implementation of the Fit for Work scheme; and whether the pilot schemes have been successful.
	tabling member printed	Lord Luce
	uin	HL1444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>From 9 March 2015, roll-out of the assessment service commenced. By the end of Summer 2015 all GPs in England and Wales will be able to refer to the service.</p><p> </p><p>Fit for Work Scotland assessment service went live on 30 January 2015. Roll-out to all remaining NHS Boards in Scotland was completed on 29 June 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Evaluation of the pilots was published in June 2015 in the report, ‘Evaluation of the 2010–13 Fit for Work Service pilots’.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 21/07/2015 13:41:37 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	908 label Biography information for Lord Luce

388028

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	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	Welfare Assistance Schemes: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to make the planned further £74 million of funding available to upper tier local authorities for local welfare assistance schemes in 2016–17.
	tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
	uin	HL1154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Future arrangements for all local authority funding are a matter for the next Spending Review period and Local Government Finance Settlement consultations, which are led by DCLG. The outcome of these discussions will be made clear at the appropriate time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Altmann question first answered 21/07/2015 16:13:16 answering member 4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann
	tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow