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604954

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
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	British Steel: 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 has made an assessment of whether the conditions have been met for the Pensions Regulator to issue a contribution notice to Tata Steel in relation to the British Steel Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	49058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>The assessment of whether it is appropriate to issue contribution notices is the responsibility of the Independent Pensions Regulator.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 21/10/2016 12:05:53 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

604193

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
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	British Steel: 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 he has had with the Pensions Regulator on using its powers to oblige Tata Steel to increase its support for the British Steel Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	48991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The Pensions Regulator is independent, and how it uses its powers is a matter for the regulator. The Secretary of State and I regularly meet the independent Pensions Regulator about a variety of matters.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/10/2016 14:48:00 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

604199

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
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	Pension Funds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he plans to publish the response to the Government's consultation on section 75 employer debt in pension funds, published in March 2015.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	48888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>My Department is currently considering further changes to employer debt legislation, following a Call for Evidence about section 75 employer debt in non-associated multi-employer schemes last year with a view to consulting on any specific proposals in due course.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/10/2016 14:41:53 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

600785

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
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	British Steel: 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 has made a decision not to provide any support for the British Steel Pension Scheme which would require new secondary legislation in the way proposed in the British Steel Pension Scheme: Public Consultation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	48455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The consultation paper set out various options for potentially helping the British Steel Pension Scheme as a part of a wider package of Government support to do what we can for UK steel, steel workers and affected localities. The consultation closed on 23 June, and we will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/10/2016 12:05:46 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

600788

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
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	Workplace 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 have opted out of workplace pensions in each month since the inception of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	48345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>Since automatic enrolment began rolling out in 2012, DWP has collected data on the proportion of automatically enrolled employees opting out of schemes via its Employers’ Pension Provision (EPP) survey, which is run every two years. In 2013, the EPP survey found that the proportion of employees who had opted out of, or left, a scheme after being automatically enrolled was between nine and ten per cent. The 2015 EPP survey findings were similar, with nine per cent of automatically enrolled workers having chosen to opt out.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/10/2016 11:58:52 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

600790

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
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	Pensions: Fraud
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 Pensions Ombudsman on how that body investigates instances of suspected fraudulent documents being received from pension trustees.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	48381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Pensions Ombudsman is an independent statutory Commissioner and the conduct of his investigations is solely a matter for him. He has advised the Department that instances of suspected fraudulent documents would be dealt with on a case-by-case basis. The Pensions Ombudsman’s general approach would be to look for evidence to support a claim that a document is fraudulent and would consider holding an oral hearing to assist him in this regard.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/10/2016 13:30:25 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

600791

registered interest
date	12/10/2016
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	Pensions: Fraud
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the number of fraudulent documents received by the Pensions Ombudsman in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	48380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>In view of the Pensions Ombudsman’s independent status, information about the documents he receives is held by him alone. The Pensions Ombudsman has advised that the information requested is unavailable because he does not collect data on the number of suspected fraudulent documents received by his office.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/10/2016 13:36:48 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

603865

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
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	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 the Government is taking to help protect the pensions of long-serving employees.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	906582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>We have a well-established regime of checks and balances in place, for example the Pension Protection Fund and the Pensions Regulator. The Government keeps this framework for pensions under constant review, and amends it when evidence demonstrates such change is needed</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/10/2016 15:52:10 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

598337

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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	Pensions: British Overseas Territories
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 financial cost of unfreezing UK-issued pensions in those British Overseas Territories where they are frozen.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	47647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a clear position, which has remained a consistent policy of successive Governments for around 70 years. UK State Pensions are payable worldwide and are uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so; for example in the European Economic Area, or countries where we have a reciprocal agreement that allows for uprating, and so annual increases are paid to UK State Pension recipients in Gibraltar and in Bermuda. We have no plans to change this policy.</p><p>Were this to occur, liabilities for pensioners who live in other countries and territories would also have to be met. The estimated cost of increasing pensions in those countries where they are not currently uprated would be over £0.5 billion a year. This would be financially unaffordable.</p><p>The annual additional cost of up-rating the State Pensions of those recipients who are resident in the British Overseas Territories was estimated at approximately £1million in 2015/16.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/10/2016 15:19:05 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

598338

registered interest
date	10/10/2016
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	Pension Protection Fund
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 estimate the number of people who would have been entitled to a larger income due to the proposed changes to the Pension Protection Fund's compensation cap and who have died since the proposals were first included in the Pensions Act 2014.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	47706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/10/2016 11:18:38 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe