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391727

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date	21/07/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the likely trends in the mis-selling of pension products in Scotland arising from the introduction of new pension flexibilities on 6 April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	8173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>Monitoring the market for misselling is the responsibility of the regulators, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Pensions Regulator. The FCA, in line with its remit to protect consumers and ensure markets function in consumers’ interests, has specifically committed to monitoring developments in the retirement income market closely and to take action where consumers are coming to harm or where the market is not operating competitively.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Alongside this the Treasury has launched a consultation looking at options to address excessive charges for early exit penalties, and making the process for transferring pensions from one scheme to another quicker and smoother.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government remains in close contact with the regulators, and other organisations such as industry trade bodies, on these issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 08/09/2015 15:01:07 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

391532

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many lone parent families in Scotland have been affected by the benefit cap to date; and how many such families have (a) one child, (b) two and (c) three children under five.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	7931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Data on the number of households capped since April 2013 by region and family type can be found in Stat-Xplore, the Department’s online interactive tabulation tool, which can be accessed here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/opendatabase?id=Benefit_Cap_Cumulative" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/opendatabase?id=Benefit_Cap_Cumulative</a></p><p>Information on the number of children aged under 5 is not available.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/09/2015 15:54:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

391533

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Welfare State: Scotland
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 make it his policy to conduct an annual equalities impact assessment of the effect in Scotland of the welfare changes announced in the Summer Budget 2015.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	7930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. This includes details of review of the policies. A link to the impact assessment on the <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk</a> website is included.</p><p><a href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html" target="_blank">http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 8018 question first answered 08/09/2015 16:12:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

391543

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Welfare State: Scotland
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 undertake an annual review of the effect in Scotland of the welfare changes announced in the Summer Budget 2015.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	8018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. This includes details of review of the policies. A link to the impact assessment on the <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk</a> website is included.</p><p><a href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html" target="_blank">http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/welfarereformandwork/documents.html</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 7930 question first answered 08/09/2015 16:12:30 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray