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990459

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
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: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that the Pensions Regulator will require trustees of net pay pension schemes to make provision for low earners to save in a relief at source scheme and do not enrol workers who would have to pay 25 per cent extra for their pensions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL10792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment is a great success story with more than 9.9 million workers enrolled into workplace pension saving and over 1.3 million employers meeting their duties to date.</p><p> </p><p>Under automatic enrolment the employer is responsible for putting in place a qualifying workplace pension scheme for their eligible workers. Employers have a choice, in the marketplace, of a number qualifying workplace pension schemes that can be used to fulfil their automatic enrolment duties; including the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). NEST has no set-up costs, and a public service obligation to accept any employer who meets their scheme’s terms and conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This provides information about the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL10793 HL10794 HL10795 question first answered 01/11/2018 13:23:08 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

990460

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
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: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on what grounds they opted to automatically enrol low earners into a net pay pension scheme which forces them to pay 25 per cent more for their pension than they would do in a relief at source scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL10793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment is a great success story with more than 9.9 million workers enrolled into workplace pension saving and over 1.3 million employers meeting their duties to date.</p><p> </p><p>Under automatic enrolment the employer is responsible for putting in place a qualifying workplace pension scheme for their eligible workers. Employers have a choice, in the marketplace, of a number qualifying workplace pension schemes that can be used to fulfil their automatic enrolment duties; including the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). NEST has no set-up costs, and a public service obligation to accept any employer who meets their scheme’s terms and conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This provides information about the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL10792 HL10794 HL10795 question first answered 01/11/2018 13:23:08 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

990461

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
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: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to protect low earners from losing out on tax relief in automatic pension enrolment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL10794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment is a great success story with more than 9.9 million workers enrolled into workplace pension saving and over 1.3 million employers meeting their duties to date.</p><p> </p><p>Under automatic enrolment the employer is responsible for putting in place a qualifying workplace pension scheme for their eligible workers. Employers have a choice, in the marketplace, of a number qualifying workplace pension schemes that can be used to fulfil their automatic enrolment duties; including the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). NEST has no set-up costs, and a public service obligation to accept any employer who meets their scheme’s terms and conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This provides information about the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL10792 HL10793 HL10795 question first answered 01/11/2018 13:23:08 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

990462

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
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: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government who is responsible for ensuring that employers do not use net pay pension schemes for staff who earn below the personal tax thresholds.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL10795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment is a great success story with more than 9.9 million workers enrolled into workplace pension saving and over 1.3 million employers meeting their duties to date.</p><p> </p><p>Under automatic enrolment the employer is responsible for putting in place a qualifying workplace pension scheme for their eligible workers. Employers have a choice, in the marketplace, of a number qualifying workplace pension schemes that can be used to fulfil their automatic enrolment duties; including the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST). NEST has no set-up costs, and a public service obligation to accept any employer who meets their scheme’s terms and conditions.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This provides information about the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL10792 HL10793 HL10794 question first answered 01/11/2018 13:23:08 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

990128

registered interest
date	17/10/2018
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: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimates they have made of the (1) number, and (2) gender breakdown, of workers earning below the personal tax threshold who have been automatically enrolled into a net pay workplace pension scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL10750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has reversed the decline in workplace pension saving. Latest figures show that more than 9.9 million people have been automatically enrolled; with participation amongst eligible women in the private sector increasing, from 40 per cent in 2012 to 80 per cent in 2017, to equal the rate for men. By 2019/20 an extra £20 billion a year is estimated to go into workplace pensions as a result of these reforms.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic enrolment requires the sponsoring employer to put in place a qualifying workplace pension scheme for their affected workers. The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax.</p><p> </p><p>Government does not collect data about whether net pay arrangements or relief at source pension schemes are used by employers to comply with their automatic enrolment duties.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 31/10/2018 16:30:26 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

747343

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they have estimated the number of workers earning below the personal tax threshold who have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension scheme that operates on a Net Pay basis; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not, therefore, hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. Provided an employer has selected a qualifying pension scheme for automatic enrolment, they have complied with their automatic enrolment duties with respect to scheme choice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL321 HL322 HL323 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:55:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

747344

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government against whom a worker earning £11,500 can claim if they discover that their employer has used a workplace pension scheme operating on a Net Pay basis for auto-enrolment, in order to recover the 25% taxpayer bonus they could have received in a Relief at Source scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not, therefore, hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. Provided an employer has selected a qualifying pension scheme for automatic enrolment, they have complied with their automatic enrolment duties with respect to scheme choice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL320 HL322 HL323 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:55:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

747346

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of low paid workers' claims against their employers for the money they are due in tax relief if it is denied to them by their employer's choice of pension scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not, therefore, hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. Provided an employer has selected a qualifying pension scheme for automatic enrolment, they have complied with their automatic enrolment duties with respect to scheme choice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL320 HL321 HL323 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:55:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

747348

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether low paid workers who earn less than the personal tax threshold may claim against the Pensions Regulator for failing to ensure that employers use a suitable auto-enrolment scheme that does not force them to pay more than they should for their pensions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not, therefore, hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The latest official analysis of the eligibility of workers for automatic enrolment was published on 13 October 2016 in ‘Workplace Pensions: Update of analysis on Automatic Enrolment’. Information on age and earnings breakdowns for all workers can be found in table 3a on page 6.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax. Provided an employer has selected a qualifying pension scheme for automatic enrolment, they have complied with their automatic enrolment duties with respect to scheme choice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL320 HL321 HL322 question first answered 11/07/2017 15:55:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann