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522661

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for a refugee integration loan have been (a) made, (b) accepted and (c) refused in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	39221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Years</p></td><td><p>No. Applications received</p></td><td><p>No. Applications paid</p></td><td><p>Total value of loans</p></td><td><p>Mean value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2552</p></td><td><p>1766</p></td><td><p>£814,551</p></td><td><p>£461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2125</p></td><td><p>1451</p></td><td><p>£553,685</p></td><td><p>£382</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2205</p></td><td><p>1506</p></td><td><p>£619,330</p></td><td><p>£388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2534</p></td><td><p>1457</p></td><td><p>£704,409</p></td><td><p>£483</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>3971</p></td><td><p>2525</p></td><td><p>£1,216,095</p></td><td><p>£482</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>This is taken from local records and not from officially published statistics</em> <em>and it is therefore provisional and subject to change. It has not been assured under Office for National Statistics standards</em></p><p>We do not hold official statistics or local management information on the number of applications refused but the difference between the number of loans applications made and those paid is indicative of the number of applications that were not granted a loan either because the applicant was not eligible to receive a loan, did not demonstrate a need for a loan, or did not provide the required information to consider their loan application.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 08/06/2016 16:36:43 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 2495 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

522660

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) mean, (b) maximum and (c) median value was of refugee integration loans in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	39222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Years</p></td><td><p>Mean value</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£382</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£483</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£482</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>This is taken from local records and not from officially published statistics</em> <em>and it is therefore provisional and subject to change. It has not been assured under Office for National Statistics standards.</em></p><p>For the above years, the maximum loan amount has been varied between £500 and £400. The current maximum amount payable is £500. It is not possible to provide a median value given the large volume of loans paid.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 08/06/2016 16:39:01 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 2498 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

626721

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	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, whether it remains Government policy to continue the triple-lock guarantee on the basic state pension throughout the lifetime of the current Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	Natalie McGarry
	uin	51328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>Yes, the Government is committed to the triple lock for the duration of the current Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 04/11/2016 14:19:49 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4428 label Biography information for Natalie McGarry

638016

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2016
	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: Portsmouth South
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in Portsmouth South constituency born on or after 6 April 1951 have been affected by the equalisation of state pension age for women and men.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Mrs Flick Drummond
	uin	53328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>Women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1953 were affected by State Pension age equalisation under the Pensions Act 1995.</p><p>The Pensions Act 2011 accelerated the equalisation of State Pension age, and included transitional arrangements limiting State Pension age delays, affecting women born between 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953. It also brought forward the increase in State Pension age from 65 to 66 which affected women born between 6 December 1953 and 5 April 1960.</p><p>Information on the numbers affected by constituent country or parliamentary constituency is not held by the Department for Work and Pensions. However, the most recent population breakdowns for England and its parliamentary constituencies by age can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 22/11/2016 13:42:24 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4459 label Biography information for Mrs Flick Drummond

707712

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2017
	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: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of women in (a) Camberwell and Peckham constituency, (b) the London Borough of Southwark and (c) Greater London affected by the increase to the State Pension Age for women born after 6 April 1951.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	66435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2017 answer text <p>Women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1953 were affected by State Pension age equalisation under the Pensions Act 1995.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Act 2011 accelerated the equalisation of State Pension age, and included transitional arrangements limiting State Pension age delays, affecting women born between 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953. It also brought forward the increase in State Pension age from 65 to 66 which affected women born between 6 December 1953 and 5 April 1960.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the numbers affected by constituent country, parliamentary constituency or local authority is not held by the Department for Work and Pensions. However, the most recent population breakdowns for England and its parliamentary constituencies by age can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/parliamentaryconstituencymidyearpopulationestimates</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Population breakdowns by local authority can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland</a></p><p> </p><p>The House of Commons library have produced a paper estimating the number of women affected by the Pensions Act 2011 (those born between 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953) by constituency, which can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7405/CBP-07405constituencyestimates.xlsx" target="_blank">http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-7405/CBP-07405constituencyestimates.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 08/03/2017 11:05:23 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

574194

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	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: Northern Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland, born on or after 6 April 1951, have been affected by the equalisation of the state pension age.
	tabling member constituency	South Down
	tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
	uin	44724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>Women born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1953 were affected by State Pension age equalisation under the Pensions Act 1995.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Act 2011 accelerated the equalisation of State Pension age, and included transitional arrangements limiting State Pension age delays, affecting women born between 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953. It also brought forward the increase in State Pension age from 65 to 66 which affected women born between 6 December 1953 and 5 April 1960.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the numbers affected by constituent country or parliamentary constituency is not held by the Department for Work and Pensions. However, the most recent population breakdowns for Northern Ireland and its parliamentary constituencies by age can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.nisra.gov.uk/demography/default.asp41.htm" target="_blank">http://www.nisra.gov.uk/demography/default.asp41.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 07/09/2016 12:51:47 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

649555

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2016
	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	Winter Fuel Payment: Ashfield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners in Ashfield constituency were subject to a decrease in winter fuel payments as a result of the expiration of the top-up in 2011; and what the average such decrease was.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	55912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Winter Fuel Payments are made at rates of between £100 and £300 depending on household circumstances. In the March 2010 Budget, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an additional one-off payment for winter 2010/11 of £100 for over-80s households and £50 for all other households eligible for the Winter Fuel Payment.</p><p> </p><p>National Statistics on the number of recipients of Winter Fuel Payments, broken down by Parliamentary constituency and age group, are published for each year between 2009/10 and 2015/16 at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/winter-fuel-payments-caseload-and-household-figures" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/winter-fuel-payments-caseload-and-household-figures</a>.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 06/12/2016 13:55:30 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

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

598340

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2016
	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, in cases when someone in receipt of a state pension passes away, (a) whether their family is automatically notified on any pensions payments owing, (b) how long such payments take to process and (c) how many people are currently waiting for such a payment to be made.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	47705
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>When someone in receipt of a state pension passes away:</p><p>(a) The death arrears payee would be notified of any arrears by letter. The death arrears payee is normally a family member but can also be another body such as a solicitor.</p><p>(b) Payments owing are normally made within 15 days following confirmation of the correct payee.</p><p>(c) There are 4,092 customers who have confirmed the correct payee currently waiting for such a payment to be made.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/10/2016 11:11:29 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

433838

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Refugees: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether adult children will be included in the vulnerable persons relocation scheme along with their younger siblings and parents.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	18566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>We work closely with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to identify cases that they deem in need of resettlement according to agreed vulnerability criteria for the Syrian Resettlement Scheme. This can include families where adult children form part of the family unit where the UNHCR deem resettlement is appropriate for the entire family group.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 08/12/2015 16:52:19 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms