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49247

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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
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 letter dated 5 March 2014 from the Minister of State for Pensions to the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make national insurance credits available for past periods for service spouses; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	197415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Subject to Royal Assent of the Pensions Bill a duty will be placed on the Secretary of State to make regulations to allow service spouses and civil partners, due to reach State Pension age from 6 April 2016, to apply for National Insurance credits for periods during which they accompanied their husband, wife or civil partner on a posting outside the UK. The regulations will make provision to allow credits for periods between 1975/76 and 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Ministry of Defence on the finer details of the scheme including the manner in which applications will need to be made and the precise date when the administrative arrangements will be in place.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that up to 20,000 individuals could have a higher single-tier pension from these credits as some individuals may, at state pension age, already have sufficient qualifying years to gain a full single-tier pension.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 197416 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

49248

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
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
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 letter dated 5 March 2014 from the Minister of State for Pensions to the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth, what estimate he has made of the number of service spouses who will be affected by his plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make national insurance credits available for past periods for service spouses.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	197416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Subject to Royal Assent of the Pensions Bill a duty will be placed on the Secretary of State to make regulations to allow service spouses and civil partners, due to reach State Pension age from 6 April 2016, to apply for National Insurance credits for periods during which they accompanied their husband, wife or civil partner on a posting outside the UK. The regulations will make provision to allow credits for periods between 1975/76 and 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Ministry of Defence on the finer details of the scheme including the manner in which applications will need to be made and the precise date when the administrative arrangements will be in place.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that up to 20,000 individuals could have a higher single-tier pension from these credits as some individuals may, at state pension age, already have sufficient qualifying years to gain a full single-tier pension.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 197415 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

48937

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many recovery actions in respect of child support arrears owed to the parent residing in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency were (a) commenced, (b) concluded successfully and (c) suspended in the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	196988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information on the number of recovery actions in respect of child support arrears owed to the parent with care in the Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency is not available as it is not routinely recorded for management information purposes. To provide this would require the creation of new information which could only be completed and appropriately assured at a disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information regarding enforcement actions undertaken by the Child Support Agency (CSA) is published on page 48 of the CSA Quarterly Summary of Statistics. This can be found at the following link:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics-december-2013</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

48993

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much remains outstanding in child maintenance arrears by (a) UK parliamentary constituency area and (b) local authority area in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	197190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information on the amount of child maintenance arrears owed by (a) UK parliamentary constituency will be placed in the Library.</p><p> </p><p>The information on child maintenance arrears by (b) local authority area is already published and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284686/csa_qtr_summ_stats_regional_dec13.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284686/csa_qtr_summ_stats_regional_dec13.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>The table contains outstanding arrears figures as at December 2012 and December 2013 broken down by each local authority. Although arrears figures are available in previously published versions of the regional tables (available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics--2</a>) these figures are not comparable due to a different methodology.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

49057

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
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 takes into account the differences in the positions of men and women in preparing for retirement when devising its policy on pensions.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	197054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Yes. The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to fully meeting our legal obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty, which is part of the Equality Act 2010. We have embedded equality analysis into the processes we use to develop, deliver and evaluate our policies, practices and services. This ensures that we continue to assess the likely and actual effects of what we do on people with protected characteristics to help inform our decision making processes.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

48898

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people with the rising cost of funerals.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	196806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Social Fund Funeral Payment scheme continues to provide help towards a simple, respectful, low-cost funeral. In 2012/13, over 35,000 awards were made worth £42.7 million, with an average award of £1,225.</p><p> </p><p>Social Fund Budgeting Loans are also available to those on income related benefits to cover costs relating to funeral expenses.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, any arrears of benefit which were due to the deceased at date of death are disregarded. This means that such arrears are no longer deducted from the funeral payment award.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

48698

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, columns 103-4W, on state retirement pensions, if he will assess whether a woman born on 6 April 1981 who was in continuous employment from her 21st birthday until her state pension age as derived in line with the practice outlined in the Pensions Bill, had worked consistently in contracted-in employment for 30 hours a week in a role which paid the National Minimum Wage, had average female life expectancy, in line with the most recent ONS population projections, and was subject to any other assumptions used in the Impact Assessment which accompanied the Pensions Bill, would receive a different level of pension at the point of retirement under the Single Tier mechanism than they would have expected under the current pension system; and what the difference in the level of pension would be.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	196652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The state pension reforms radically simplify state pension provision, by replacing the current, two-tiered pension system with a simpler single-tier state pension for people reaching state pension age after 6 April 2016.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of people reaching state pension age in the 40 years after the new state pension is implemented will have a higher pension income overall over the course of their retirement as a result of the reforms. The new state pension will also underpin automatic enrolment, which will see around 9 million people saving more, or saving for the first time, into a workplace pension.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Bill provides for the Government to carry out a review of State Pension age every parliament. It is our intention that State Pension ages will only be finalised once someone is within ten years of their proposed state pension age. Because this date will be affected by future changes in longevity, at this point we cannot say with certainty what will be the state pension age for people born in the 1980s. In addition, any calculation on pension entitlement would also depend on decisions that have not yet been taken, including the starting rate for the single tier. Furthermore, future State Pension levels are determined by up-rating decisions taken by Governments on a year-by-year basis. Therefore, whilst we have forecast the possible impacts of the new system at a population level, it is not possible to give definitive statements of the future state pension entitlements for individuals who do not yet have a set State Pension age, whether under the current system or under the single tier pension</p><p> </p><p>For the first few cohorts of people reaching State Pension Age from April 2016, the government will provide a statement service to help them plan for retirement.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

48703

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase understanding of pensions and retirement planning amongst women.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	196632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department is taking a range of steps to address understanding of pensions and retirement planning, including amongst women.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP is working closely with the Money Advice Service (MAS), the government body with responsibility for improving the British public's financial capability, including tackling the knowledge gaps which can inhibit individuals from saving into pensions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is facilitating joint-working between its information services and those of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS), which is playing an important role in supporting individuals who are automatically enrolled, and MAS. The DWP will also support MAS in increasing its reach, including through contact channels with DWP customers.</p><p> </p><p>As part of automatic enrolment, to encourage women to continue to save in a workplace pension we are running an awareness campaign with supporting information that emphasises the importance of saving for retirement and outlines the benefits of saving in a workplace pension. This reaches women via the use of appropriate media channels and by working in partnership with trusted brands.</p><p> </p><p>We are creating a simpler state pension so that everybody can know both what counts towards their state pension and how much they can expect to receive. We will take account of the different ways in which men and women are affected by the reforms in our communications approach. Our strategy includes using partnerships with media outlets most likely to reach these women to make them aware of the changes. We will evaluate the impact of our communications to make sure we are reaching women to increase their awareness and understanding.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

48709

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many businesses in Skipton and Ripon constituency will be issued with staging dates for automatic enrolment between 1 April 2014 and 1 April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Skipton and Ripon
tabling member printed	Julian Smith
uin	196597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>This is because staging data is often based on details such as the address of an employer's head office, or their admin hub. It therefore does not necessarily reflect where the workers are based e.g. an employer might have a head office in London but have staff based all over the country.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator publishes monthly the volume of employers that have registered that they have met their duties along with the volume of workers automatically enrolled. As at 31 March 2014, 10,817 employers have registered with The Pensions Regulator that they have met the duties and enrolled more than 3.24 million workers.</p><p> </p><p>Further information can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/docs/automatic-enrolment-monthly-registration-report.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/docs/automatic-enrolment-monthly-registration-report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator estimates that there will be in the range of 30,000-35,000 employers across the UK commencing their automatic enrolment duties from 1 April 2014 to 1 April 2015. This is an approximate range; several factors affect these numbers. For example, an employer may bring their staging date forward, an employer may cease trading, or an employer who has a number of affiliated employers in their group may choose to stage them all in the same period.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator has published a staging forecast which can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/docs/automatic-enrolment-employer-staging-forecast.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/docs/automatic-enrolment-employer-staging-forecast.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 196596 question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith

48711

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
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 businesses in Skipton and Ripon constituency have not yet met their staging date for automatic enrolment for workplace pensions.
tabling member constituency	Skipton and Ripon
tabling member printed	Julian Smith
uin	196596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The information is not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>This is because staging data is often based on details such as the address of an employer's head office, or their admin hub. It therefore does not necessarily reflect where the workers are based e.g. an employer might have a head office in London but have staff based all over the country.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator publishes monthly the volume of employers that have registered that they have met their duties along with the volume of workers automatically enrolled. As at 31 March 2014, 10,817 employers have registered with The Pensions Regulator that they have met the duties and enrolled more than 3.24 million workers.</p><p> </p><p>Further information can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/docs/automatic-enrolment-monthly-registration-report.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/docs/automatic-enrolment-monthly-registration-report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator estimates that there will be in the range of 30,000-35,000 employers across the UK commencing their automatic enrolment duties from 1 April 2014 to 1 April 2015. This is an approximate range; several factors affect these numbers. For example, an employer may bring their staging date forward, an employer may cease trading, or an employer who has a number of affiliated employers in their group may choose to stage them all in the same period.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator has published a staging forecast which can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/docs/automatic-enrolment-employer-staging-forecast.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/docs/automatic-enrolment-employer-staging-forecast.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 196597 question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4118 label Biography information for Julian Smith