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712528

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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, what progress his Department has made on behalf of DEC, Compaq and Hewlett Packard pensioners with pre-1997 pension contributions in resolving their case.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	68483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>I have met senior representatives from the company to present the pensioners’ arguments and make clear my interest in the matter.</p><p> </p><p>However, the company is meeting its legal obligations.</p><p> </p><p>Any increases to pensions in payment are likely to mean significant additional expenditure for any scheme and its sponsoring employer. Therefore, the Government has no plans to require all schemes to pay increases on pre-1997 pensions.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 23/03/2017 15:45:31 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

712529

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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	Swine Flu: Vaccination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department spent on legal fees in all stages of legal proceedings related to Pandemrix.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	68578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department has spent £33,255.39 on legal fees in all stages of legal proceedings related to Pandemrix. This figure represents the costs of external Counsel and services provided by the Government Legal Department’s Litigation team. In addition, the Department has received support from the Government Legal Department’s Advisory team but this was provided as part of a broader fee arrangement and it is therefore not possible to separately identify the fee element relating to any particular case or group of cases.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/03/2017 16:37:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

711833

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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: 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, what state pensions payments have been made to UK citizens living in the EU in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	68235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>No information is available concerning the number of UK citizens who are in receipt of a UK State Pension. This is because the UK State Pension is a contributory based pension payable worldwide regardless of nationality to those who meet the eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1</strong> shows the annual expenditure of the State Pension in the EU (excluding the UK) and how many individuals received the State Pension in EU countries (excluding the UK) in each year.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: State Pension recipients and expenditure in the EU (excluding the UK)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>State Pension expenditure in EU (excl. UK) - <br> figures in £ millions, nominal terms</strong></p></td><td><p>1,490</p></td><td><p>1,628</p></td><td><p>1,669</p></td><td><p>1,749</p></td><td><p>1,814</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of recipients of State Pension in the EU (excl. UK)</strong></p></td><td><p>431,500</p></td><td><p>444,400</p></td><td><p>455,700</p></td><td><p>464,500</p></td><td><p>470,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/554118/state-pension-by-country-2015-16.ods" target="_blank">State Pension expenditure by country of residence, 1995/96 to 2015/16</a></p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">DWP’s Work and Pension Longitudinal Study (WPLS)</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2</strong> shows the weekly standard rate of the basic State Pension (bSP) in each of the last six financial years. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/577674/abstract-of-statistics-2016.pdf" target="_blank">DWP’s Annual Abstract of Statistics</a> provides information on the uprating of the State Pension.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Standard rate of basic State Pension for recipients living in EU countries</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Basic State Pension (weekly rate)</strong></p></td><td><p>£102.15</p></td><td><p>£107.45</p></td><td><p>£110.15</p></td><td><p>£113.10</p></td><td><p>£115.95</p></td><td><p>£119.30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576692/abstract-of-statistics-tables-2016.ods" target="_blank">Abstract of statistics 2016: tables</a></p><p> </p><p>A new State Pension has been introduced for those reaching State Pension age on or after 6 April 2016. The standard rate in 2016-17 is £155.65 a week.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the cash values of all elements of the State Pension and annual percentage increases can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><strong>2012-13:</strong></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128102031/http:/www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/benefitrates2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128102031/http:/www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/benefitrates2012.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>2013-14 &amp; 2014-15:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proposed-benefit-and-pension-rates-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proposed-benefit-and-pension-rates-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>2015-16 &amp; 2016-17:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/480317/proposed_benefit_and_pension_rates_2016_to_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/480317/proposed_benefit_and_pension_rates_2016_to_2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 68236 question first answered 23/03/2017 15:40:02 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

711834

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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: 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, what have been the (a) cash values and (b) annual percentage increases have been of state pensions payments to UK citizens living in the EU in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	68236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>No information is available concerning the number of UK citizens who are in receipt of a UK State Pension. This is because the UK State Pension is a contributory based pension payable worldwide regardless of nationality to those who meet the eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1</strong> shows the annual expenditure of the State Pension in the EU (excluding the UK) and how many individuals received the State Pension in EU countries (excluding the UK) in each year.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: State Pension recipients and expenditure in the EU (excluding the UK)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>State Pension expenditure in EU (excl. UK) - <br> figures in £ millions, nominal terms</strong></p></td><td><p>1,490</p></td><td><p>1,628</p></td><td><p>1,669</p></td><td><p>1,749</p></td><td><p>1,814</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of recipients of State Pension in the EU (excl. UK)</strong></p></td><td><p>431,500</p></td><td><p>444,400</p></td><td><p>455,700</p></td><td><p>464,500</p></td><td><p>470,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/554118/state-pension-by-country-2015-16.ods" target="_blank">State Pension expenditure by country of residence, 1995/96 to 2015/16</a></p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">DWP’s Work and Pension Longitudinal Study (WPLS)</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2</strong> shows the weekly standard rate of the basic State Pension (bSP) in each of the last six financial years. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/577674/abstract-of-statistics-2016.pdf" target="_blank">DWP’s Annual Abstract of Statistics</a> provides information on the uprating of the State Pension.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Standard rate of basic State Pension for recipients living in EU countries</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Basic State Pension (weekly rate)</strong></p></td><td><p>£102.15</p></td><td><p>£107.45</p></td><td><p>£110.15</p></td><td><p>£113.10</p></td><td><p>£115.95</p></td><td><p>£119.30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/576692/abstract-of-statistics-tables-2016.ods" target="_blank">Abstract of statistics 2016: tables</a></p><p> </p><p>A new State Pension has been introduced for those reaching State Pension age on or after 6 April 2016. The standard rate in 2016-17 is £155.65 a week.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the cash values of all elements of the State Pension and annual percentage increases can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><strong>2012-13:</strong></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128102031/http:/www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/benefitrates2012.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128102031/http:/www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/benefitrates2012.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>2013-14 &amp; 2014-15:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proposed-benefit-and-pension-rates-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proposed-benefit-and-pension-rates-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>2015-16 &amp; 2016-17:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/480317/proposed_benefit_and_pension_rates_2016_to_2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/480317/proposed_benefit_and_pension_rates_2016_to_2017.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 68235 question first answered 23/03/2017 15:40:02 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

711835

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's average response rate was to individual Freedom of Information requests in each month from July 2016 to date.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	68268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>FOI statistics are Official Statistics and are governed by the standards set out by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) in their Code of Practice.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Freedom of Information statistics were published in December 2016 and are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-july-to-september-2016--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/freedom-of-information-statistics-july-to-september-2016--2</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/03/2017 16:35:59 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

711836

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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, when his Department became aware of the number of women born in the 1950s who would be affected by the acceleration in state pension age.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	68275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Pensions Act 2011 accelerated the equalisation of State Pension age, affecting women born between 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953, and brought forward the increase in State Pension age from 65 to 66 which affected women and men born between 6 December 1953 and 5 April 1960.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Act 2011 Impact Assessment, published in November 2011, included estimates of the number of people affected, based on the latest population projections from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) at the time (the 2010-based principal projections), and stated that 2.6 million women and 2.3 million men in Great Britain would be affected. <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>The most recent estimates of the number of people affected are calculated from the 2014-based principal population projections from ONS, which were published in October 2015. Using this data, the latest estimate of the number of women affected by the Pensions Act 2011 is 2.5 million. This figure is for Great Britain and is based on DWP calculations using ONS statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Note that this figure includes approximately 0.1 million women affected by the Pensions Act 2011 who were born between 1 January 1960 and 5 April 1960.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 68312 question first answered 23/03/2017 15:52:07 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

711838

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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 his most recent estimate is of the number of women who will be affected by the acceleration in the state pension age for women born in the 1950s.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	68312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Pensions Act 2011 accelerated the equalisation of State Pension age, affecting women born between 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953, and brought forward the increase in State Pension age from 65 to 66 which affected women and men born between 6 December 1953 and 5 April 1960.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Act 2011 Impact Assessment, published in November 2011, included estimates of the number of people affected, based on the latest population projections from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) at the time (the 2010-based principal projections), and stated that 2.6 million women and 2.3 million men in Great Britain would be affected. <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>The most recent estimates of the number of people affected are calculated from the 2014-based principal population projections from ONS, which were published in October 2015. Using this data, the latest estimate of the number of women affected by the Pensions Act 2011 is 2.5 million. This figure is for Great Britain and is based on DWP calculations using ONS statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Note that this figure includes approximately 0.1 million women affected by the Pensions Act 2011 who were born between 1 January 1960 and 5 April 1960.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 68275 question first answered 23/03/2017 15:52:07 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

711839

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Civil Servants
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 page nine of the Office of National Statistics report on Public sector employment data, published on 15 March 2017, for what reasons around 100 civil servants transferred from his Department to the Cabinet Office on 1 June 2016; and what positions those civil servants held in his Department prior to their transfer.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	68332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Prior to 1 June 2016, DWP administered the pay, allowances and similar employment arrangements for employees of Civil Service Employee Policy. This is the organisation which undertakes human resources policy work across government, not for DWP alone. In view of that organisation’s cross-government role, as a machinery of government change, responsibility for the employment administration of the employees transferred from DWP to the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/03/2017 16:40:51 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett