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1148343

registered interest
date	04/10/2019
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	Employment: Autism
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 the oral contribution of the Minister for Disabled People of 2 July 2019, Official Report column 1180, what the outcome is of his discussions with the Office for National Statistics on including the numbers of autistic people in work as part of the labour force survey.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	294727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics is currently testing the addition of a measure of autism to the Labour Force Survey. Should the testing be successful, it is anticipated that it will be added to the survey in early 2020. This will give us a better understanding of the employment status for many autistic people of working age.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/10/2019 10:42:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

514144

registered interest
date	19/04/2016
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	Work and Pensions Select Committee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times he has attended public meetings of the Work and Pensions Committee since his appointment.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	34566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>Attendance at Work and Pensions Select Committee meetings is a matter of public record and transcripts of such appearances can be found on the Committee’s web pages.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/work-and-pensions-committee/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/work-and-pensions-committee/</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/04/2016 15:35:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

475856

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
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: Age
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 made an assessment of the potential effect of increasing the state pension age on levels of life expectancy.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	31075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made however the Pensions Act 2014 provides a statutory framework, which commits future governments to regular and structured review of the State Pension age at least once every six years.</p><p> </p><p>There is no conclusive evidence that working around State Pension age has an effect on life expectancy. There is a strong evidence base showing that employment is generally good for physical and mental health and well-being, and that overall, the beneficial effects of work outweigh the risks of work, and are greater than the harmful effects of long-term unemployment or prolonged sickness absence (Waddell and Burton 2006). Evidence further suggests that leaving the labour market early can be harmful to overall well-being with those who experience a decline in social interaction in retirement seeing a negative impact on their health.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/03/2016 15:40:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

458179

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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: Age
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 raising the state pension age on people paying into personal pension schemes.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	29914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the effect of raising the state pension age on people paying into personal pension schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/03/2016 16:26:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

458180

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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: Age
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of raising the state pension age on income inequality between men and women of the same age.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	29911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The average woman reaching State Pension age last year (2015) gets a higher state pension income over her lifetime than an average woman who reached State Pension age at any point before her – despite the equalisation of State Pension age. Also, over a lifetime, the average woman who reached State Pension age last year will receive more than the average man. This is consistent with the trend going forward, with, for those reaching State Pension age between 2016 and 2060, women receiving 10 per cent more new State Pension lifetime income than men.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the impacts of the new State Pension can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-state-pension-impact-on-an-individuals-pension-entitlement-longer-term-effects" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-state-pension-impact-on-an-individuals-pension-entitlement-longer-term-effects</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Women live longer than men, on average, and as a consequence spend a longer proportion of their lives above State Pension age. Without equalisation, in 2010, women would spend on average 41 per cent of their lives in retirement, compared to men at 31 per cent. Even after equalising women’s State Pension age with men’s, women will spend on average around two years more in receipt of their state pension because of their longer life expectancy. Women reaching 65 in 2018 are expected to live until 88.9 years, whilst the figure for men is 86.7 years.</p><p> </p><p>The new State Pension is being introduced for those who reach State Pension age from April 2016. In the first ten years after implementation over 650,000 women will benefit from the new State Pension valuation of their National Insurance record, receiving on average £8 a week more in state pension. Around 75 per cent of women (and 70 per cent of men) who reach State Pension age under the new system in the first fifteen years will have a higher value State Pension when compared to the value of the State Pension they would have received under the old system. The new system will bring forward by a decade the point at which women have equivalent State Pension outcomes to men (by the early 2040s instead of the early 2050s).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Independent analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has shown that the rise in women’s State Pension age since 2010 has been accompanied by increases in employment rates for the women affected. For those who are unemployed, or unable to work, working age benefits are still available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/03/2016 16:46:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

458181

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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: Age
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on raising of the state pension age.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	29912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>I can confirm that the Secretary of State and the Chancellor of the Exchequer have recently discussed and agreed the Terms of Reference for the Independent State Pension age review. The Government’s position on future State Pension ages is to consider the independent review’s report when it is received in 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/03/2016 16:21:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

457622

registered interest
date	03/03/2016
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: Age
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of increasing the state pension age on productivity.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	29740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The projected increase in the number of people working as a result of the rise in State Pension age provided for by the Pensions Act 2011 was estimated to generate a significant increase in gross employment earnings. Under this new timetable the peak increase compared to the previous timetable would be £5.0 billion in 2022/23 (in 2011/12 prices).</p><p> </p><p>At an individual level, working longer and saving into a private pension will, on average, increase lifetime pension income. Taking into consideration the additional employment income, individuals’ lifetime income will be improved if they work longer. Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has shown that the rise in women’s State Pension age from 60 to 62 has been accompanied by increases in employment rates for the women affected.</p><p> </p><p>Research by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research in 2011 showed that an increase of one year in the average effective working life is estimated to result in additional annual national output worth up to one per cent of GDP. In the same research, it was estimated that real GDP would be six per cent lower than it otherwise would have been by 2030, if plans for raising the state pension age (according to the Pensions Act 2007) were not implemented.</p><p> </p><p>The increase in labour supply as a result of the Pensions Act 2011 was also estimated to boost GDP above the projected baseline of the previous timetable. GDP could be between £7 billion and £9 billion higher in 2022/23 (in 2011/12 prices); in the period 2016 to 2026, the increase in labour supply due to the increase in State Pension age could boost national output by £70 billion (in 2011/12 prices).</p><p> </p><p>More information on both impacts can be found in Annex A of the Pensions Act 2011 Impact Assessment at::</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pensions-act-2011-impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pensions-act-2011-impact-assessment</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 29739 question first answered 08/03/2016 11:09:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

457623

registered interest
date	03/03/2016
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: Age
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of increasing the state pension age on savings.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	29739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The projected increase in the number of people working as a result of the rise in State Pension age provided for by the Pensions Act 2011 was estimated to generate a significant increase in gross employment earnings. Under this new timetable the peak increase compared to the previous timetable would be £5.0 billion in 2022/23 (in 2011/12 prices).</p><p> </p><p>At an individual level, working longer and saving into a private pension will, on average, increase lifetime pension income. Taking into consideration the additional employment income, individuals’ lifetime income will be improved if they work longer. Analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has shown that the rise in women’s State Pension age from 60 to 62 has been accompanied by increases in employment rates for the women affected.</p><p> </p><p>Research by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research in 2011 showed that an increase of one year in the average effective working life is estimated to result in additional annual national output worth up to one per cent of GDP. In the same research, it was estimated that real GDP would be six per cent lower than it otherwise would have been by 2030, if plans for raising the state pension age (according to the Pensions Act 2007) were not implemented.</p><p> </p><p>The increase in labour supply as a result of the Pensions Act 2011 was also estimated to boost GDP above the projected baseline of the previous timetable. GDP could be between £7 billion and £9 billion higher in 2022/23 (in 2011/12 prices); in the period 2016 to 2026, the increase in labour supply due to the increase in State Pension age could boost national output by £70 billion (in 2011/12 prices).</p><p> </p><p>More information on both impacts can be found in Annex A of the Pensions Act 2011 Impact Assessment at::</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pensions-act-2011-impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pensions-act-2011-impact-assessment</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 29740 question first answered 08/03/2016 11:09:18 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

445625

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
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 who were in receipt of disability benefits re-joined the workforce in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014 and (f) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	22846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not available. Disability benefits are comprised of Attendance Allowance (AA), Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP). These benefits are all non-means-tested, cash benefits available to disabled people to provide a contribution towards extra costs and can be paid regardless of the employment status of the claimant. Because of this, the employment status is not collected during the claims process or at any other point during the lifetime of a claim.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/01/2016 10:19:40 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

444784

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
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	Housing Benefit: Burnley
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 in Burnley receive housing benefit.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	22333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is published and available at:</p><br /><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a></p><br /> <br /><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><br /><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started---SuperWEB2.html</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/01/2016 11:04:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper