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1147917

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Workplace Pensions: Shipley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in Shipley constituency have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	293501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving, and reversing the decline in workplace pension participation in the decade prior to these reforms. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to opt outs or the number of individuals who have saved above the automatic enrolment minimum contribution level. However, we do know that overall around 9% of automatically enrolled workers have chosen to opt out which is significantly below original estimates; and our latest evaluation report shows that, in April 2017, approximately 5.9 million eligible employees were already meeting the April 2019 minimum contribution rates.</p><p> </p><p>I am providing the following information about the impact of automatic enrolment in your constituency, as of August 2019:</p><p> </p><p>In the Shipley constituency, since 2012, approximately 9,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 1,590 employers have met their duties.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report 2018, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p>https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</p><p>The Pensions Regulator’s data on Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance by constituency, available via the following weblink:<a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests" target="_blank">https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/10/2019 10:56:16 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1126058

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost is to the public purse of the provision of free television licences to people over 75 years of age.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	253538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The cost of providing free TV licences to people aged over 75 years was £655m to the public purse in 2017/18. Cost outturn for 2018/19 has not been published yet, but was forecast to be £468m. This is the first year of the part funding agreement that was set out in the summer budget 2015. The cost is forecast to reduce to £247m in 2019/20 and then nil from 2020/21 when responsibility for the concession will transfer to the BBC in June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Note that all the figures quoted in this response are in nominal terms.</p><p> </p><p>DWP publish expenditure and caseload information here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2019</a>&gt;</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/05/2019 12:57:25 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1055852

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Overseas Aid
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 23 January 2019 to Question 208843 on Department for Work and Pensions: Overseas Aid, what that money was spent on.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	217509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is clear that in meeting its responsibilities to the world's poorest through its aid commitments, the UK also protects its own security and interests. As set out in the UK's Aid Strategy, the UK aid budget is used to tackle the great global challenges - from the root causes of mass migration and disease, to the threat of terrorism and global climate change - all of which also directly threaten British interests.</p><p> </p><p>The spend comprises part of DWP’s subscription to the International Labour Organisation and the year one costs of refugees from the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Details of UK ODA programming can be found on the DevTracker database at <a href="https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/02/2019 12:42:04 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1041734

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Overseas Aid
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 Official Development Assistance in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	208843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The amounts of DWP expenditure classified by Department for International Development (DFID) as Overseas Development Assistance are shown in the Table below</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These are published by DFID.</p><p> </p><p>2016 and 2017 can be found on Page 12, Table 3 in the following publication</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/771136/Statistics-on-International-Development-Final-UK-Aid-Spend-2017-jan-revisions.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/771136/Statistics-on-International-Development-Final-UK-Aid-Spend-2017-jan-revisions.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>2015 and 2016 can be found on Page 12, Table 3 in the following publication</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/660062/SID-2017b.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/660062/SID-2017b.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/01/2019 10:07:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1023298

registered interest
date	11/12/2018
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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants subject to recovery of recoverable hardship payments have them recovered at a rate of 40 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	201202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>For eligible Universal Credit Full Service claims paid in September 2018, 5,300, which is less than 1%, had repayments taken for a Recoverable Hardship Payment (rounded to the nearest 100). Of these, only 12% have an RHP repayment at 40% of the Standard Allowance whereas, the majority (68%) have a recovery rate of 30% or less.</p><p> </p><p>The claim count figure in this answer will not match the official statistics due to methodological differences.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/12/2018 10:16:25 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

927933

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the main policy priority is for her Department for 2018; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	155743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions published an updated Single Departmental Plan on 23 May 2018. This set out the department’s main policy objectives and how it will achieve them. Single Departmental Plans will be revised annually to reflect new priorities or changes in responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/06/2018 10:08:18 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

910175

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contractors currently employed by her Department are paid £1,000 or more per day.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	147410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>DWP have 6 contractors paid £1,000 or more per day. They are not DWP employees.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/06/2018 10:00:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

908958

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contractors have been employed by her Department for (a) up to one year, (b) between one and five years, (c) between five and 10 years and (d) over 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	146181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>Details of the duration of contractor engagements are published in DWP’s Annual Accounts as part of the Remuneration and Staff Report. The latest Annual Report (2016-17) is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The 2017-18 report is being finalised and approved. This should be published in July.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/05/2018 10:36:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

897224

registered interest
date	03/05/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Official Cars
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the job titles are of civil servants in her Department who have been provided with (a) an official car and (b) a driver.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	141012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2018 answer text <p>No civil servants within the Department are provided with an official car and driver.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 14/05/2018 13:39:40 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

886369

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Department for Work and Pensions: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which regulations her Department (a) has introduced as a result of EU legislation from 23 June 2016 to date and (b) expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019; and what estimate she has made of the cost of each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	136564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK remains a member of the EU until we leave, with full rights and obligations of membership. This includes transposing EU legislation into UK law.</p><p> </p><p>As such, the legislation which has been or will be brought forward by DWP as a result of the following EU legislation since 23 June 2016 is listed below:</p><p> </p><p>1) Directive (EU) 2013/59/Euratom lays down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation and came into force 1 January 2018. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has the overall UK government policy lead. The Health and Safety Executive is responsible for a discrete set of regulations (The Ionising Radiations Regulations 2017/1075) under the Basic Safety Standards Directive. The full impact assessment is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1075/impacts" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1075/impacts</a></p><p> </p><p>2) Directive (EU) 2017/164 establishing a fourth list of indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to Council Directive 98/24/EC. The transposition deadline is 21 August 2018. The full impact assessment is available at the following link: <a href="http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/condocs/cd283.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hse.gov.uk/consult/condocs/cd283.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>3) Directive (EU) 2016/2341 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORPs). The transposition deadline is 13 January 2019. We are engaging closely with industry and will assess any cost or impact of any amendments to existing legislation as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Any transposition of EU legislation beyond 29 March 2019 will be dependant on the outcome of on-going negotiations with the EU on the UK’s relationship with the EU following our exit from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 26/04/2018 14:07:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies