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1461012

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	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	Statutory Sick Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the number of people unable to claim statutory sick pay from their employer because their earnings are below the lower earnings level; of these, what proportion are (1) male and (2) female; and what plans, if any, they have to remove the lower earnings limit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL1
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>As set out in the 2019 “Health is Everyone’s Business” consultation, it is estimated that there are around 2 million employees who earn below the Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) and are therefore ineligible for Statutory Sick Pay (SSP). Of those, approximately 30% are male and 70% are female.</p><p> </p><p>SSP reform, including extending SSP eligibility to those earning below the LEL, was part of the “Health is Everyone’s Business” consultation in 2019. In the response to the consultation published in 2021, Government stated the pandemic was not the right time to introduce changes to the rate of SSP or its eligibility criteria as this would have placed an immediate and direct cost on employers at a time where many were struggling.</p><p> </p><p>As we learn to live with Covid-19, the Government is continuing to take a broader look at the role of SSP and is keeping the system under review.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 24/05/2022 16:25:21 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington

1659265

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2023
	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	Poverty
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Poverty Strategy Commission’s interim report A New Framework for Tackling Poverty, published on 5 September, and in particular the recommendations that a net rise in benefit awards by 5 per cent would reduce numbers in poverty by 725,000 and a net rise in earnings wound reduce poverty by 515,000.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
	uin	HL10000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions has not undertaken any specific assessment but notes that the analysis included in the report is based on the Social Metric Commission’s (SMC) measure of poverty.</p><p> </p><p>The Government accepts that the SMC’s approach offers a more expansive view of inescapable costs, and alternative income sources will add new insight to the understanding of poverty. In March 2023, the Department for Work and Pensions announced plans to resume work developing an experimental measure of poverty based on the SMC’s innovative work. The Government already publishes national statistics on low income using a range of measures.</p><p>The Government’s focus is firmly on supporting people into and to progress in work. Our approach is based on clear evidence about the importance of employment, particularly where it is full-time, in substantially reducing the risks of poverty.  The latest statistics show that working age adults living in workless households were over 7 times more likely to be in absolute poverty after housing costs than working age adults in households where all adults work. To help people into work our core Jobcentre offer provides a range of options, including face-to-face time with work coaches and interview assistance. We are also addressing progression barriers through our comprehensive package of childcare support, our in work progression offer, and changes to the administrative earnings threshold which ensure that more claimants can benefit from work coach support.</p><p>The Government understands the pressures people are facing with the cost of living and is taking action to help. Overall, we are providing total support of over £94bn over 2022-23 and 2023-24 to help households and individuals with the rising cost of bills. From April 2023, everyone who receives a state benefit or pension will have seen their benefit rates increase by 10.1%.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 14/09/2023 12:43:54 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1470902

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	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	Pensioners: Commonwealth
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support UK pensioners in Commonwealth countries.
	tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
	uin	HL1001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The UK State Pension is payable worldwide to those who meet the qualifying conditions, and we continue to up-rate it abroad where there is a legal requirement to do so – for example where there is a reciprocal agreement that provides for up-rating.</p><p> </p><p>People move abroad for many reasons and it is their own choice to do so. There is information available in leaflets and on GOV.UK on how to claim State Pension from overseas and on what the effect of going abroad will be on entitlement to the UK State Pension.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 29/06/2022 15:55:38 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

1659883

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2023
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what the value of the full Basic State Pension weekly payment in 2023–24 would be if the pension had been tied only to average earnings since 2010, rather than the triple lock.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL10017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The full weekly amount of Basic State Pension would have been worth £138.05 in 2023-24 if it had been uprated by earnings, rather than the Triple Lock.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/09/2023 13:41:06 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1659884

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2023
	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: National Insurance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the savings to the Exchequer in total cost of paying UK State Pensions in 2023–24 if full state pensions for all newly retired individuals required a National Insurance record of 45 years instead of 35 years, assuming no purchase of additional voluntary years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL10018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>We have not made any estimate of the savings to the Exchequer of paying UK State Pensions in 2023–24 if a full state pension for all newly retired individuals required a National Insurance record of 45 years instead of 35 years. There are currently no plans to review the qualifying criteria for the new State Pension.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/09/2023 13:44:07 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1249027

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2020
	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	NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme 2020
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have had benefit claims rejected due to receipt of payments from the NHS and Social Care Coronavirus Life Assurance Scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Sherlock
	uin	HL10019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 10/11/2020 17:30:40 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4147 label Biography information for Baroness Sherlock

1470903

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	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: Canada
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions, if any, they have had with the government of Canada about a reciprocal social security agreement between the UK and Canada; and what response, if any, they received.
	tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
	uin	HL1002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>There are two separate social security arrangements in place between the UK and Canada, made in 1995 and 1998. The UK Government is not intending to change the social security relationship with Canada.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 29/06/2022 15:55:11 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

967547

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Workplace Pensions: Small Businesses
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises that have set up an auto-enrolment pension scheme have done so correctly, and (2) safeguard workers against pension contribution errors made by their employers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL10030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has been a great success, with over 9.8 million employees enrolled and more than 1.3 million employers having met their duties to date.</p><p>The Department and The Pensions Regulator remain committed to enabling small and micro employers to comply with automatic enrolment by making the experience as straightforward as possible for this group.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this work, the Regulator launched an interactive step-by-step guide. This simplified guide to meeting automatic enrolment duties is designed to meet the specific needs of employers who may not have pensions experience, including those with just one or two staff. The guide includes an online tool so that employers can easily find out what they will need to do to comply and when. Using the online tool also means employers will receive tailored communications relevant to their circumstances. The step-by-step guide to automatic enrolment can be found on their website.</p><p> </p><p>Government has put in place a robust, proportionate compliance framework. This is administered by The Pensions Regulator, and includes detailed regulatory guidance about how to comply with the law. An employer is required to select a qualifying pension scheme; enrol qualifying staff into that scheme, and deduct any contributions payable under automatic enrolment.</p><p>Employers are also required to pay those contributions across to their chosen pension provider by a set deadline. Although the deadlines for contribution payments vary, depending on the type of scheme being used, there is an overall legal deadline of the twenty-second day of the following month; which aligns with the HMRC deadline for paying tax and National Insurance.</p><p>Qualifying pension schemes for automatic enrolment are subject to the same regulatory framework as all trust-based workplace pension schemes, also overseen by The Pensions Regulator. The Regulator has published codes of practice on its website setting out how trustees of defined contribution pension schemes and managers of personal pension schemes should monitor the payment of contributions; provide information to help members check their contributions; and report material payment failures to the Regulator.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 11/09/2018 15:44:53 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1249810

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	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: Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many 19-year-olds were registered as unemployed in the months of (1) June, (2) July, and (3) August.
	tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
	uin	HL10039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics classify people as unemployed if, in response to the Labour Force Survey / Annual Population Survey, a person states that they are without a job; have been actively seeking work within the last four weeks and are available to start work within the next two weeks. This is not directly related to being in receipt of unemployment-related benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The ONS do not publish data on the number of 19 year olds whom are unemployed</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 23/11/2020 17:19:25 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking

1249811

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2020
	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 Benefits: Young People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) 16, (2) 17, (3) 18, and (4) 19, year-olds registered for unemployment-related benefits in the months of (a) September, and (b) October.
	tabling member printed	Lord Baker of Dorking
	uin	HL10040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>Numbers of people claiming unemployment-related benefits by single year age band are publicly available through the department’s Stat Xplore website.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of people nationally aged 16, 17, 18 and 19 years old in the Universal Credit (UC) searching for work conditionality group – for people claiming UC whom are closest to the labour market - in September and October 2020.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>September 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>October 2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td><td><p>861</p></td><td><p>940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p>4630</p></td><td><p>4563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p>49828</p></td><td><p>51602</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td><td><p>70483</p></td><td><p>71766</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>125795</p></td><td><p>128878</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of people nationally aged 16, 17, 18 and 19 years old and are claiming Jobseekers’ Allowance – a legacy unemployment-related benefit - are published quarterly by DWP on Stat Xplore. However, the latest data available is May 2020.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May 2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>16</strong></p></td><td><p>Negligible or nil number of claimants</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td><td><p>452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>19</strong></p></td><td><p>972</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>1450</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 23/11/2020 17:14:21 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	1028 label Biography information for Lord Baker of Dorking