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1504767

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
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	Payment Exception Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the maximum payment amount that can be collected in a single transaction using the Payment Exception Service at a Post Office or pay point outlet is set at £100 requiring some claimants to make multiple transactions to access the full amount of their benefits or pension.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	47482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2022 answer text <p>The most secure way to receive payment is through a bank account. For those customers who are unable to open or manage a bank, building society or credit union account, the DWP’s new Payment Exception Service has been designed as a simple service to ensure customers have access to cash. Vouchers are uploaded to a card or sent electronically via SMS text or email. A customer can print their emailed vouchers and present them to the retailer. The maximum amount of a voucher is £100 so a customer may receive more than one voucher on their payment due date. Customers must cash the full amount of the voucher but do not have to cash all of their vouchers at the same time. This is a similar process to when customers used to be issued with Order Books and Girocheques.</p><p> </p><p>Payment Exception Service vouchers can be encashed at over 26,000 PayPoint outlets nationally as well as Post Offices nationwide. The service provided by this contract meets DWP’s statutory requirement to ensure all customers can access payments, including where standard banking is not available to them.</p><p> </p><p>The £100 voucher amount represents a value that protects vulnerable customers from being required to withdraw and carry large sums and is one that the PayPoint Retailer network can support.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/09/2022 15:42:04 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1505282

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
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: Inflation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2022 to Question 18980 on Pensions: Inflation, what her Department's timetable is for paying benefits in line with Consumer Prices Index inflation.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	48451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is required by law to undertake an annual review of State pensions and benefits. The outcome of that review will be announced later this year, and the new rates will enter into force from 10 April 2023.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/09/2022 15:48:18 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1503419

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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 Credit
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 is taking to help ensure that applications for Pension Credit are processed in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	45104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2022 answer text <p>The success of the recent Pension Credit campaign together with the Cost of Living Crisis is driving the volume of Pension Credit claims being submitted to an all time high.</p><p>Additional resources are being deployed to ensure we deal with the increase as quickly as possible. We are also working closely with stakeholders and service providers to identify</p><p>potential process enhancements that will drive efficiency and reduce processing times.</p><p>Successful claims and arrears are backdated and paid accordingly, to ensure those who are entitled do not miss out.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/09/2022 14:25:34 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1503498

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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: Canada
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the impact of the recent incident on UK pensions living in Canada where their state pensions were suspended.
tabling member constituency	Knowsley
tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
uin	45055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2022 answer text <p>We understand that some customers in Canada did not receive life certificate forms sent to them by the Department. Our outbound postal supplier has confirmed that the life certificates were issued and dispatched from the UK.</p><p> </p><p>In line with the process for all overseas state pension recipients, the Department suspended payment for those customers who did not return their form within the 16-week window. After being alerted to the failure to deliver within Canada, we reinstated all suspended payments and issued any arrears owed.</p><p> </p><p>We have also extended the time period for Canadian customers to return their life certificate forms, having confirmed that certificates are now being delivered.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/09/2022 14:22:00 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1503538

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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, whether she has plans to provide women affected by changes to State Pension age with compensation.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	45216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2022 answer text <p>The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s investigation into communication of changes to women’s state pension is ongoing. Section 7(2) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 states that Ombudsman investigations “shall be conducted in private”.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>It would be inappropriate to comment on these issues whilst the investigation is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/09/2022 14:28:41 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1503803

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the increase in the (a) Bank of England interest rate and (b) rate of inflation on the value of (i) the Pension Protection Fund and (ii) payments made from it over the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	45503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2022 answer text <p>The information required to carry out such an assessment is not readily available and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs. The Secretary of State has therefore made no such assessment and does not intend to do so at this time.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/09/2022 14:38:39 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1503804

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the maximum annual increase to payments made from the Pension Protection Fund above 2.5 per cent on a (a) temporary and (b) permanent basis.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	45517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2022 answer text <p><strong>While all legislation is kept under review as a matter of course, there are currently no plans to review the legislation relating to the indexation of payments from the Pension Protection Fund and the Secretary of State has made no such assessment at this time.</strong></p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/09/2022 14:35:54 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1503805

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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, which organisations her Department has (a) received representations from and (b) held discussions with regarding the 2.5 per cent limit on the annual rise in Pension Protection Fund payments in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	45392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2022 answer text <p><strong>In May of this year, the Secretary of State received representations from the Prospect trade union in respect of the indexation of payments from the Pension Protection Fund although no discussions have been held with organisations regarding this matter in the last 12 months.</strong></p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/09/2022 14:33:19 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1504049

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Winter Fuel Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of revising the eligibility date of 25 September 1956 to qualify for the Winter Fuel Payment.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	45609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2022 answer text <p>There are no plans to change the qualifying criteria for Winter Fuel Payments at this time.</p><p> </p><p>Winter fuel payments are an age-related payment made to those who have reached state pension age.</p><p> </p><p>For winter 2022/23 a person has to have reached State Pension age (which means a person must be born on or before 25 September 1956) on or before the end of the September qualifying week.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/09/2022 14:42:09 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter

1504050

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Attendance Allowance
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 an assessment of the potential merits of simplifying the Attendance Allowance claim form.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	45610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2022 answer text <p>All DWP claim forms are under continuous review, using insight from DWP colleagues and external customer groups such as Age UK. Recent improvements have included changes to questions around Power of Attorneys and falls/stumbles.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 17/09/2022 14:44:17 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter