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1366192

registered interest
date	04/11/2021
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	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 steps her Department has taken in the last 12 months to support those affected by (a) changes to state pension age for 1950s-born women and (b) the communication of those changes.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	69664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to providing a financial safety net for those who need it, including when they near or reach retirement. Support is available to those who are unable to work or are on a low income but are not eligible to pensioner benefits because of their age.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 10/11/2021 16:09:47 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1366232

registered interest
date	04/11/2021
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	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 recent steps her Department has taken to mitigate the effect of state pension age changes on women born in the 1950s.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	69665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>Raising State Pension age in line with life expectancy changes has been the policy of successive administrations over many years, dating back to 1993.</p><p>Parliament set out in successive Pensions Acts fair transitional arrangements when it introduced the changes to State Pension age. There are no plans for further transitional provisions.</p><p>Scotland has the powers under the Scotland Act 2016 to make additional discretionary payments should it wish to do so.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 10/11/2021 16:07:40 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1352356

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria the Child Maintenance Service uses to determine whether pensions contributions made by non-resident parents are reasonable when deciding whether to make a child maintenance payment variation on grounds of diversion of income.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	42007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service can consider whether pension contributions made by the non-resident parent are reasonable if the parent with care has sufficient grounds for a variation application, based on diversion of income. Pension contributions can then be compared to the non-resident parent’s personal circumstances, such as their age and income, to determine whether they should be considered excessive.</p><p> </p><p>The Service will always try to ensure that the maintenance calculation accurately reflects the non-resident parent’s ability to pay child maintenance. If pension contributions could be considered to be affecting support given to the child, the Service will investigate and take action if appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 42008 question first answered 08/09/2021 16:41:15 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1352357

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Child Maintenance Service is taking to ensure that (a) effect on children and (b) other relevant factors are considered when making child maintenance payment adjustments relating to non-resident parent increased pension contributions.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	42008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service can consider whether pension contributions made by the non-resident parent are reasonable if the parent with care has sufficient grounds for a variation application, based on diversion of income. Pension contributions can then be compared to the non-resident parent’s personal circumstances, such as their age and income, to determine whether they should be considered excessive.</p><p> </p><p>The Service will always try to ensure that the maintenance calculation accurately reflects the non-resident parent’s ability to pay child maintenance. If pension contributions could be considered to be affecting support given to the child, the Service will investigate and take action if appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 42007 question first answered 08/09/2021 16:41:15 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1351277

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	AEA Group: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions officials in her Department have had with representatives of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on a potential investigation into the AEA Technology pension scheme.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	41038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>There have been no meetings between Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) officials and PHSO representatives regarding a potential investigation into the AEA Technology pension scheme. PHSO is an independent body accountable directly to Parliament, it would be inappropriate for DWP officials to influence its investigations.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/09/2021 12:41:12 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1351278

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	AEA Group: 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 she is taking to help people affected by the collapse of the AEA Technology pension scheme.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	41039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>On 7 July 2016 the AEA Technology (AEAT) pension scheme transferred to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).</p><p> </p><p>The PPF is the statutory compensation scheme. It provides compensation to members of eligible defined benefit pension schemes where the sponsoring employer has become insolvent and the scheme is unable to secure its pension liabilities at least at PPF compensation levels.</p><p> </p><p>AEAT scheme members who are over their scheme’s normal pension age (NPA) at the date that their employer became insolvent would receive 100 per cent of their accrued scheme benefits, as calculated at the date of employer insolvency. Those members under NPA at the date that the employer became insolvent would receive PPF compensation paid at 90 per cent of accrued scheme benefits, as calculated at the date of employer insolvency.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/09/2021 12:45:31 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1351280

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	AEA Group: 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 her Department has made of the potential merits of establishing an independent savings and pension commission to better ensure that pensions and savings policies (a) are fit for purpose and (b) avoid such instances as the collapse of the AEA Technology pension scheme.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	41041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2021 answer text <p>No assessment has been made, but the Pension Protection Fund continue to provide statutory compensation where a sponsoring employer becomes insolvent.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/09/2021 13:16:50 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1201703

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
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	Pensioners: British Nationals Abroad
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK pensioners live in (a) EU countries, (b) Commonwealth countries and (c) elsewhere in the world.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	57294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of pensioners in receipt of the UK State Pension living in the country groupings requested. Please note that residents in Cyprus and Malta appear in both the European Union and Commonwealth totals.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country Group</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of UK State Pensioners</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Union (excluding UK)</p></td><td><p>464,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commonwealth (excluding UK)</p></td><td><p>511,760</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rest of the world</p></td><td><p>211,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Stat Xplore Nov 2019.</p><p>Statistical disclosure control has been applied to this table to avoid the release of confidential data. Totals may not sum due to the disclosure control applied.</p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 16/06/2020 13:36:06 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1131637

registered interest
date	12/06/2019
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	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, how much her Department has spent on advertising the state pension age increase for women.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	263828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions does not hold a detailed record of the cost of advertising changes to men and women’s State Pension age since the passage of the Pensions Act 1995. The Department has previously provided information to the House of Commons in a multitude of ways that clearly demonstrate the extensive steps the Department of Social Security and then the Department for Work and Pensions, took to communicate State Pension age changes at a significant cost to those departments.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 20/06/2019 14:00:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

938727

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	State Retirement Pensions: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
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 were in receipt of the state pension in (a) 2010 and (b) 2018 in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	163159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>At the end of May 2010 there were 19,906 people in receipt of State Pension in Linlithgow and East Falkirk. At the end of November 2017 (the latest data available) the number was 20,496.</p><p>Between 2010 and 2017 the full amount of Basic State Pension rose by £1250 per annum in cash terms, which is £660 per annum more than if it had been increased in line with earnings.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 18/07/2018 10:02:45 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day