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1148181

	registered interest
	date	03/10/2019
	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 estimate her Department has made of the savings accrued to the public purse by the 2016 changes to the state pension system, specifically in relation to the inheritance of spouses’ state pension.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	294231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government published an impact assessment ‘<em>New State pension: impact on an individual's pension entitlement longer term effects’</em> in January 2016. This included impacts on derived entitlement to the State Pension. The estimates show around 2 per cent of men and 6 per cent of women reaching State Pension age between 2016-2020 were expected to receive less State Pension due to the withdrawal of derived entitlement. The proportion affected falls over the first two decades of the new State Pension. Further information on the impact of new State Pension reform on derived entitlement is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/491845/impact-of-new-state-pension-longer-term-reserach.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/491845/impact-of-new-state-pension-longer-term-reserach.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the overall costs of the new State Pension (formerly the Single Tier) is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311316/pensions-act-ia-annex-a-single-tier-state-pension.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/311316/pensions-act-ia-annex-a-single-tier-state-pension.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The cost estimates of the new State Pension do not provide a specific breakdown of savings from the inheritance of spouses’ State Pension.</p><p> </p><p>The new State Pension was introduced for people reaching State Pension age from 6 April 2016 onwards to provide a clearer, simpler and sustainable system for the future and is based on an individual’s own National Insurance record. This both reflects changes in society where individuals are able to build a State Pension in their own right and a wider crediting regime that rewards periods of caring when people are away from the labour market. There is transitional protection of the old derived basic State Pension for women whose own contribution history was affected by taking the option to pay reduced-rate National Insurance contributions. Transitional arrangements also enable widowed people in certain circumstances to inherit all, or part, of the additional State Pension or Graduated Retirement Benefit they could have inherited under the old State Pension system.</p><p> </p><p>A step-by-step guide to the changes to the rules on deriving and inheriting State Pension is available on the Government website at <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> using the search term 'state pension through partner'.</p><p> </p><p>The transitional arrangements for the new State Pension have been designed to be to fair to the greatest number of people possible and to ensure that the vast majority of people have at least the full amount of new State Pension as quickly possible.</p><p>The new State Pension will benefit many women, carers and self-employed people, who historically often did less well under previous systems. For example, over three million women stand to receive an average of £550 more per year by 2030 as a result of the recent reforms.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are committed to the triple lock for the duration of this Parliament. In April 2019, full amounts of the basic and new State Pensions increased by 2.6%, in line with average earnings growth. The full yearly rate of the basic State Pension is worth over £1,600 more in cash terms 2019/20 than it was in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, Pension Credit provides a top up means-tested benefit for pensioners to protect those who are most in need.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 294230 question first answered 08/10/2019 10:26:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1149003

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	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, how many and what proportion of people access their state pension online.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>On-line take up figures are published on the <a href="http://Gov.uk" target="_blank">Gov.uk</a> internet site.</p><p> </p><ul><li>Pre-Retirement (Check your State Pension) on-line take up is 95.1% (September 2019)</li><li>The Get your State Pension on-line take up is 57.6% (August 2019)</li></ul><p> </p><p>The links to the <a href="http://Gov.uk" target="_blank">Gov.uk</a> pages are updated regularly:</p><p> </p><p>Check your State Pension</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/performance/state-pension-statement" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/performance/state-pension-statement</a></p><p> </p><p>Get your State Pension</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/performance/state-pension-new-claims" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/performance/state-pension-new-claims</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/10/2019 11:43:51 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1168345

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2019
	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 estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of increasing by 25 pence the state pension for people over the age of 80.
	tabling member constituency	Waveney
	tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
	uin	109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The Age Addition is paid to people who reached State Pension age prior to 6<sup>th</sup> April 2016 when they claim their State Pension and attain 80 years of age. It is not payable to those people who reached State Pension age on or after 6<sup>th</sup> April 2016.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019, the most recent date for which data are available, there were approximately 3.3m people in receipt of the payment, at a weekly cost of approximately £820,000.</p><p> </p><p>Source: DWP Administrative data, March 2019</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/01/2020 14:47:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous

1178452

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2020
	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	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 estimate she has made of the net saving that will be made by the public purse from the abolition of the Adult Dependency Increase for pensioners from April 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	1998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>In 2007 the then Labour Government decided to end State Pension ADIs as part of a package of reforms included in the Pensions Act 2007. This overall reform package, which took account that State Pension ADIs would stop from April 2020, improved the State Pension position for women meaning more women would get a full basic State Pension. The reforms also provided more generous National Insurance credits for carers. Successive Governments of differing political persuasions since 2007 have continued to support this change.</p><p> </p><p>The savings from ending the provision of State Pension Adult Dependency Increases are estimated to be £125m between 2020/21 and 2024/25, based on analysis from 2018. This only reflects savings on Adult Dependency Increases expenditure and does not take into account any offsetting impacts on other benefits.</p><p> </p><p>We have not made an estimate of the net saving once offsetting impacts on other benefits are taken into account. As at May 2019, total annual expenditure on State Pension Adult Dependency Increases in 2019/20 for people in receipt of both Adult Dependency Increases and at least one of Pension Credit or Housing Benefit was estimated at £7m.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 24/02/2020 16:18:39 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1178453

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2020
	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	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, how many pensioners will see their income reduce as a result of the abolition of the Adult Dependency Increase; and what estimate he has been made of the number of pensioners who are entitled to alternative benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	1999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>In 2007 the then Labour Government decided to end State Pension ADIs as part of a package of reforms included in the Pensions Act 2007. The link to the Act is: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/22/contents" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/22/contents</a> - the legislation relating to State Pension ADI changes can be seen at Section 4 of the Act.</p><p> </p><p>This overall reform package, which took account that State Pension ADIs would stop from April 2020, improved the State Pension position for women meaning more women would get a full basic State Pension. The reforms also provided more generous National Insurance credits for carers. Successive Governments of differing political persuasions since 2007 have continued to support this change.</p><p> </p><p>As at May 2019, the latest data available, the number of people in receipt of State Pension Adult Dependency Increases was 10,817. At the same date, 2,274 of these persons were also in receipt of either Pension Credit and/or Housing Benefit and may, consequently, be entitled to increases in these benefits.</p><p> </p><p>Those who are already receiving Income Related Benefits (such as Pension Credit or Housing Benefit) should have their entitlement reassessed once their State Pension Adult Dependency Increase ends. We are encouraging those who are not currently getting an Income Related Benefit to check out if they are now entitled.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/02/2020 11:28:28 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1182776

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2020
	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	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, how many pensioners over the age of 80 are in receipt of the state pension.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
	tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
	uin	25057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>In August 2019, the latest date for which data are available, there were 3,572,109 persons aged 80 years and above in receipt of State Pension.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/03/2020 13:49:10 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1186981

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	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	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, how many people aged 100 years old and over receive the state pension in each country outside the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	33472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2020 answer text <p>The table below provides how many people aged 100 years old and over, who receive the State Pension in each country outside the UK.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Caseload</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abroad not known</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alderney</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bangladesh</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barbados</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Benin</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bermuda</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brazil</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cayman Islands</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Djibouti</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Equatorial Guinea</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guernsey</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jamaica</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jersey</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kenya</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monaco</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montserrat</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Zealand</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not known</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pakistan</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Ireland</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Yemen</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sierra Leone</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somalia</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Africa</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Kitts and Nevis</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Lucia</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Vincent and The Grenadines</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thailand</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trinidad and Tobago</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Arab Emirates</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>USA</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zimbabwe</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,390</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><p><em>Source: DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study, August 2019.</em></p><p><em>Caseload figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</em></p><p><em>Caseloads identified with ‘-‘ are negligible, but non-zero.</em></p><p><em>Caseloads exclude suspended cases.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 27/03/2020 13:34:46 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1196152

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2020
	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	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 she has made of the potential effect of removing the triple lock on state pensions on pensioners.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	47306
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not made an assessment of the impact on pensioners of the effect of removing the triple lock on State Pensions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that older people are able to live with the dignity and respect they deserve, and the State Pension is the foundation of state support for older people.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010, the full yearly amount of the basic State Pension in 2020/21 is around £700 higher than if it had just been up-rated by earnings since April 2010. That’s a rise of over £1,900 in cash terms.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/05/2020 15:20:23 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1196153

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2020
	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	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 recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the future of the triple lock on state pensions.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	47307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not had any recent discussions with her Cabinet colleagues on the future of the triple lock on state pensions.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/05/2020 15:27:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1218874

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2020
	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	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 criteria her Department uses to determine the circumstances in which interest is added to back payments of a state pension.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
	tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
	uin	66003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2020 answer text <p>The DWP has a discretionary special payment scheme and the current criteria has been in place since 2012. If a benefit payment has been delayed DWP can consider a payment to recognise any erosion in the value of the money. Special payments for ‘interest’ are calculated using <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-and-allowances-hmrc-interest-rates-for-late-and-early-payments/rates-and-allowances-hmrc-interest-rates" target="_blank">HMRC’s repayment interest rate</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/07/2020 13:41:58 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 34351 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey