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760759

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	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 over 100-years old receive the state pension in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	105189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The table below provides a response to your question from DWP’s State Pension administrative data on the number of State Pension recipients aged over 100-years old. There are known issues with the quality of this data due to historical operational processes which mean that some cases remain on the administrative data although they are no longer in payment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Caseload</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>13,510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>740</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study, February 2017.</em></p><p><em>Caseload figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</em></p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ul><li>There are additionally 70 persons resident in Great Britain aged over 100-years old whose location is unknown.</li><li>DWP does not administer State Pensions for Northern Ireland. The figures above relate solely to those that are administered by the DWP.</li><li>DWP have reviewed the operational process for keeping records no longer in payment on the system and improvements are underway to close down these cases.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 09/10/2017 17:26:12 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

760761

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has plans to raise the basic state pension in 2018 by September 2017's CPI inflation figure of 2.9 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	105086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increase the basic State Pension up to the full amount of the new State Pension by the Triple Lock for the duration of this Parliament. The Triple Lock ensures that the highest of the growth in wages, prices (CPI) and 2.5% is applied. A decision on the rate to be used is taken annually following the publication of price inflation and earnings growth rate statistics in October.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 09/10/2017 12:40:37 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

760775

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Companies: Mergers and Takeovers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require companies with a deficit on their defined benefit pension scheme to seek the approval of the Pensions Regulator before agreeing to any merger or takeover.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	105228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Our Green Paper: Security and Sustainability in Defined Benefit Schemes looked at a number of potential measures to further protect DB schemes – including introducing a system for compulsory clearance by the Regulator for certain corporate transactions and a requirement for employers to consult with trustees before paying dividends where the scheme is underfunded.</p><p>We are currently analysing the feedback received and will publish a White Paper in winter. Any future changes to legislation need to be considered carefully against the need to ensure appropriate protections for members, the impact on business and the wider economy.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 105226 question first answered 09/10/2017 17:02:25 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

760782

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Companies: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will introduce legislative proposals to prohibit companies with a deficit on their defined benefit pension scheme from paying any dividends without the prior approval of the Pensions Regulators.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	105226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Our Green Paper: Security and Sustainability in Defined Benefit Schemes looked at a number of potential measures to further protect DB schemes – including introducing a system for compulsory clearance by the Regulator for certain corporate transactions and a requirement for employers to consult with trustees before paying dividends where the scheme is underfunded.</p><p>We are currently analysing the feedback received and will publish a White Paper in winter. Any future changes to legislation need to be considered carefully against the need to ensure appropriate protections for members, the impact on business and the wider economy.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 105228 question first answered 09/10/2017 17:02:25 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

759841

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will meet the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle and a delegation from WASPI Hull to discuss changes to the state pension age for women born in the 1950s.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	10098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>There are no current plans to meet with representatives of the Women Against State Pension Inequality campaign in the immediate future.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>This matter has been comprehensively debated on many occasions in Parliament, most recently in a Westminster Hall Debate on 5th July 2017 in which I stated I will be meeting the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) when it is reformed.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/09/2017 14:03:38 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

759848

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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: Plumbing
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 prevent financial disbenefit for plumbers affected by section 75 of the Pensions Act 1995; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	10024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>DWP recognises the difficulties multi employer schemes such as the Plumbers have with the current Employer Debt legislation. The recent Green Paper “Security and Sustainability in Defined Benefit pension schemes” explores these issues and during the consultation period officials have engaged with a range of stakeholders to explore potential legislative changes which could help multi employer schemes. We plan to respond on this issue in a White Paper later this winter.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/09/2017 14:02:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

759458

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will change current regulations so that employers are required to issue annual automatic pension statements.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	9730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>Trustees and providers of defined contribution (DC) pension schemes are required to issue annual statements to members which must include the current value of the pension pot, the amount contributed in the previous year and a projected estimate of what pension income the pot may buy at retirement. We have no plans to require employers to issue such statements.</p><p> </p><p>Employers who sponsor defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are not required to issue annual pension statements, although some sponsors do. However if a statement is requested by a member sponsors of DB schemes are required to issue one within two months.</p><p> </p><p>As defined benefit (DB) pensions normally promise a specific income in relation to salary and length of service, there are minimal annual fluctuations in entitlement. Placing a legal requirement on DB schemes to issue annual statements, particularly where the estimated pension remains unchanged, would place a disproportionate cost burden on defined benefit schemes. We have no plans to require schemes to issue such statements.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/09/2017 13:27:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

758858

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the evidential basis is for the projected increase in longevity for women affected by the Pensions Acts of 1995 and 2011.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	9304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The evidential basis for the projected increase in longevity for women affected by the Pensions Act 2011 is summarised in the Pensions Act 2011 impact assessment:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181462/pensions-bill-2011-ia-annexa.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181462/pensions-bill-2011-ia-annexa.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Paragraphs 3 to 6 of the impact assessment illustrate the latest cohort life expectancies for the UK population, from the 2010-based principle population projections, which were published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). A comparison is made with cohort life expectancies from the 2004-based principle population projections published by the Government Actuary’s Department, which were used to inform the Pensions Act 2007. The impact assessment showed that, compared with the 2004-based projections, life expectancy at state pension age in 2010 had increased by 1 year for males and by 1.3 years for females.</p><p> </p><p>The 1991 discussion paper “Options for equality in State Pension age” and the 1993 White Paper “Equality in State Pension age”, which informed the Pensions Act 1995, used previous life expectancy projections from the Government Actuary’s Department.</p><p> </p><p>Life expectancy is projected to continue to increase in future years (according to the latest 2014-based projections from the ONS). In forty years’ time, in 2057, average life expectancy at age 65 is projected to be over 4 years higher than it is now. By 2064 (the end of the current projection period) a baby girl will be expected to live to almost 100 (99.8 years).</p><p> </p><p>These life expectancy projections were an important input into the government’s review of State Pension age which was published in July of this year. As part of the review, government commissioned an independent report, led by John Cridland CBE, and a report from the Government Actuary. Both reports drew extensively on the life expectancy projections from the ONS.</p><p> </p><p>The next set of life expectancy projections from the ONS are due out later this year and every two years thereafter. The regular State Pension age reviews, at least every six years, will provide a structured framework for the Government to respond to any changes in the projections in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/09/2017 16:14:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

758859

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support the Government is offering to women affected by the Pensions Acts of 1995 and 2011 to stay in work to a later age; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	9305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting people aged 50 years and over to remain in and return to work. The number of older women in work is now at a record high: there are around 1 million more women aged 50+ in work than in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Government has reformed legislation to create the right framework to support Fuller Working Lives. We have removed the Default Retirement Age, meaning it is now unlawful to dismiss someone just because they reach age 65.</p><p>We have also extended the right to request flexible working beyond those with caring needs, meaning people can discuss with their employers options for allowing choice about how and when they retire. And we have introduced pensions freedoms, to allow people aged 55 and over greater freedom and choice in how and when they access their pension savings.</p><p> </p><p>On 2 February 2017 we published Fuller Working Lives: A Partnership Approach, which aims to increase the retention, retraining and recruitment of older workers by bringing about a change in the perceptions &amp; attitudes of employers, and to challenge views of working in later life and retirement amongst individuals. The Strategy and supporting evidence base are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fuller-working-lives-a-partnership-approach" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fuller-working-lives-a-partnership-approach</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We have also appointed a Business Champion for Older Workers, Andy Briggs, supported by a team of employers at Business In The Community, to support employers in retaining, retraining and recruiting older workers. In February 2017, the team launched a target to gain one million more older people in work by 2022, asking employers to commit to a pledge to publish their workforce data by age. Their report setting out their achievements to date was published on 07 September 2017 and can be viewed at <a href="https://age.bitc.org.uk/issues/BusinessChampion/govreport" target="_blank">https://age.bitc.org.uk/issues/BusinessChampion/govreport</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/09/2017 13:31:54 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

758866

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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: LGBT People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Department has made of the effect of the Walker v Innospec Limited case on pensions liabilities.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	9315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is assessing what the full implications of the judgment will be. Once this is complete the effect on pensions liabilities overall can then be estimated. Individual pension schemes will also need to assess the implications of the judgment for their particular schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/09/2017 13:33:58 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord