Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1504378

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support for pension tracing she is providing to people who are (a) about to retire and (b) unaware of the details of the employers they have worked for the purposes of ensuring that they have access to their full pension entitlement.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	45798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government has existing provision to assist people in finding contact details of schemes they may have pensions with. ‘Find pension contact details’ is a customer-facing, self-service system on GOV.UK. This service will trace the administrator of a specific pension scheme and provide contact details to the individual so they can contact that scheme to help reconnect with a pension pot. There is also a DWP agent service, the Pension Tracing Service, which provides the same information via the telephone for individuals who are unable to use the ‘Find Pensions Contact Details’ service.</p><p>Furthermore, when parliamentary time allows, regulations to introduce pensions dashboards will be laid before Parliament, with dashboards subsequently launching to the public in the coming years. Pensions dashboards will make it easy for people to see their pensions information, including their State Pension, in one place online at the touch of a smartphone, laptop, or computer at home. This will put people in control and reconnect them with their lost pension pots, transforming how they think and plan for retirement.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 07/09/2022 11:45:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1486476

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
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	Workplace 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 employees who have reached the earnings trigger and are auto-enrolled onto a workplace pension scheme, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of setting the lower limit of qualifying earnings at £0 for the purposes of calculating how much employers should contribute towards an employee’s pension; and whether she has made an estimate of the cost of setting that limit at £0.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	31180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>It remains the governments intention to lower the earnings limit on Automatic Enrolment as soon as Parliamentary time allows. The latest published estimate of the costs of this change to workplace pensions is set out in the analytical report that accompanied the 2017 Automatic Enrolment (AE) Review, here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/668657/automatic-enrolment-review-2017-analytical-report.pdf" target="_blank">Automatic enrolment review 2017: analytical report (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a>. <br> <br> It shows that the removal of the AE Lower Earnings Limit (LEL) would initially increase total contributions by £2.6 billion per annum. This represents an initial upper bound cost estimate as, for example, many employers choose to pay above the current automatic enrolment statutory minimum contribution levels.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to build the evidence base and use the latest data to improve the estimates in line with government’s ambition of implementing the AE 2017 Review proposals in the mid-2020s.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/07/2022 15:52:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1457275

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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	Workplace 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 (a) her Department or (b) the Pension Protection Fund are taking to monitor proactively which pension schemes have a guarantee from a public authority.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	154110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>Government Departments are required to reflect any guarantees given in their Annual Report and Accounts. These accounts are laid before Parliament annually.</p><p>The Pension Protection Fund will only invoice eligible schemes; but it would refund any levies from schemes that are subsequently found to be ineligible, including where a scheme can demonstrate that it had a historic crown guarantee.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 154111 154112 question first answered 26/04/2022 15:13:07 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1417760

registered interest
date	28/01/2022
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in the last 12 months how many employers who have autoenrolment pension responsibilities have failed to enrol all eligible employees.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	113796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>Automatic Enrolment has transformed workplace pension saving, with over 10 million employees enrolled and over 1.9 million employers meeting their duties. The Pensions Regulator is responsible for maximising employer compliance with the automatic enrolment duties, using a risk-based approach to deter, prevent, or address non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p>Employers must provide information to The Regulator to show they are meeting their automatic enrolment duties, which involves completing a declaration of compliance. The Regulator publishes regular information about employers who have complied with their duties, here <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/automatic-enrolment-declaration-of-compliance-report" target="_blank">Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance report | The Pensions Regulator</a>. The Regulator also publishes data on how often they have used their regulatory powers, here <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/enforcement-activity/enforcement-bulletins" target="_blank">Enforcement bulletins | The Pensions Regulator</a> which shows that in the 12 months to the end of June 2021 The Regulator issued 60,870 Compliance Notices.</p><p> </p><p>Pension scheme trustees and managers have the responsibility for monitoring, collecting and recovering contributions to their schemes in accordance with <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/trustees/managing-dc-benefits/administration-guide-for-dc-pension-schemes/maintaining-contributions" target="_blank">The Pensions Regulator’s code of practice.</a> Pension schemes are required to report to The Pensions Regulator where there has been a material failure in the payment of contributions by employers.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 113797 question first answered 07/02/2022 15:05:31 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1417761

registered interest
date	28/01/2022
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the estimated value is of currently outstanding employer contributions to workplace pension schemes.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	113797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>Automatic Enrolment has transformed workplace pension saving, with over 10 million employees enrolled and over 1.9 million employers meeting their duties. The Pensions Regulator is responsible for maximising employer compliance with the automatic enrolment duties, using a risk-based approach to deter, prevent, or address non-compliance.</p><p> </p><p>Employers must provide information to The Regulator to show they are meeting their automatic enrolment duties, which involves completing a declaration of compliance. The Regulator publishes regular information about employers who have complied with their duties, here <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/automatic-enrolment-declaration-of-compliance-report" target="_blank">Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance report | The Pensions Regulator</a>. The Regulator also publishes data on how often they have used their regulatory powers, here <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/enforcement-activity/enforcement-bulletins" target="_blank">Enforcement bulletins | The Pensions Regulator</a> which shows that in the 12 months to the end of June 2021 The Regulator issued 60,870 Compliance Notices.</p><p> </p><p>Pension scheme trustees and managers have the responsibility for monitoring, collecting and recovering contributions to their schemes in accordance with <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/trustees/managing-dc-benefits/administration-guide-for-dc-pension-schemes/maintaining-contributions" target="_blank">The Pensions Regulator’s code of practice.</a> Pension schemes are required to report to The Pensions Regulator where there has been a material failure in the payment of contributions by employers.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 113796 question first answered 07/02/2022 15:05:31 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1360632

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
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
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 potential merits of amending legislation on workplace occupational pensions for the purposes of guaranteeing that retirees receive back at least the (a) actual sums invested into their pension pot or (b) amount invested into their pension pot uprated for inflation.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
uin	58530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/10/2021 12:15:51 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1357160

registered interest
date	21/09/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of people who are automatically enrolled that are likely to reach a moderate lifestyle in retirement as defined by the PLSA’s Retirement Living Standards.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	52550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2021 answer text <p>This Government is focussed on its goal of expanding the benefits of automatic enrolment in the mid-2020s, increasing the overall amounts being saved by working people, and extending the benefits of workplace pensions to younger workers. I welcome the PLSA standards as a contribution to the debate.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 27/09/2021 10:52:52 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1356193

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of employees automatically enrolled in a workplace pension scheme who are likely to reach a moderate lifestyle in retirement as defined by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association's Retirement Living Standards.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	50767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>This Government is focussed on its goal of expanding the benefits of automatic enrolment in the mid-2020s, increasing the overall amounts being saved by working people, and extending the benefits of workplace pensions to younger workers. I welcome the PLSA standards as a contribution to the debate.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/09/2021 15:59:13 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1337390

registered interest
date	16/06/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will provide the records of any meetings she or her Ministers have had with (a) the People's Pension and (b) NEST in the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	16844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government publishes an unprecedented amount of transparency data; Departments publish quarterly details of Ministers and Permanent Secretaries meetings with external organisations.</p><p> </p><p>Published transparency returns can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-ministers-hospitality-and-gifts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-ministers-hospitality-and-gifts</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department is the sponsor Government Department of Nest and routinely meets with representatives of this organisation to discuss matters relating to policy, service and delivery through its governance and stewardship arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/06/2021 12:39:13 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1237560

registered interest
date	24/09/2020
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	Workplace 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 his Department is taking to ensure that all employers fulfil their legal duties to make contributions to workplace pension schemes.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	95164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment duties continue to apply to all employers with eligible workers.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulators latest message on reporting duties and enforcement is published on its website, here: <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/covid-19-coronavirus-what-you-need-to-consider/covid-19-an-update-on-reporting-duties-and-enforcement-activity" target="_blank">https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/covid-19-coronavirus-what-you-need-to-consider/covid-19-an-update-on-reporting-duties-and-enforcement-activity</a></p><p> </p><p>Government is monitoring the implications of Covid-19 for savers, employers and the pension industry. And as part of supporting the United Kingdom’s economic recovery, our aim remains to help workers achieve greater financial resilience for the long term.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/09/2020 15:41:42 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss