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1700944

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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: Consumer Information
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 15 April 2024 to Question 20581 on Pensions: Consumer Information, what steps he plans to take to report progress towards the Dashboards Available Point to (a) Parliament and (b) other key stakeholders.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	21614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Before a specific date for the Dashboards Available Point can be determined, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions must first have regard to a number of relevant matters, including sufficient level of coverage, assurance of the safety, security and reliability of the service and testing of the user experience. Once satisfied that the dashboards ecosystem is ready to support widespread use of pensions dashboard services by the general public, following consultation with the Money and Pensions Service, The Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority, the Secretary of State will then issue a notice at least six months in advance of the launch of pensions dashboard services.</p><p>Officials in my department are working closely with key delivery partners to refine these relevant matters which includes recognition of keeping Parliament and the wider pensions industry informed of reporting progress towards the Dashboards Available Point. This is in line with our commitment of working closely with industry on successfully launching pensions dashboard services safely and securely at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/04/2024 13:10:51 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1700945

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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: Consumer Information
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 15 April 2024 to Question 20580 on Pensions: Consumer Information, what the (a) estimated and (b) actual costs of the project are.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	21615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has spent £56.7M between 2019/20 and the end of February 2024 (with spend relating to 2023/24 subject to final audit).</p><p> </p><p>Whole life costs of the Pensions Dashboards Programme (2019/20 – 2026/27) are currently estimated by MaPS to be around £139M.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/04/2024 13:13:10 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1699042

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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: Consumer Information
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 estimate of the number of users that will have accessed Pensions Dashboards by (a) 30 April 2025 and (b) 31 October 2026.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	20580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Pensions dashboard services will become available for widespread use by the general public at the Dashboards Available Point. A specific date for the Dashboards Available Point cannot yet be determined as the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions must first have regard to a number of relevant matters, including sufficient level of coverage, assurance of the safety, security and reliability of the service and testing of the user experience. Once satisfied that the dashboards ecosystem is ready to support widespread use, following consultation with the Money and Pensions Service, The Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority, the Secretary of State will then issue a notice at least six months in advance of the launch of pensions dashboard services for use by the general public.</p><p>Under the central scenario (best estimate) in the impact assessment for the Pensions Dashboards (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (which can be found at: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2023/89/pdfs/ukia_20230089_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2023/89/pdfs/ukia_20230089_en.pdf</a>), we estimate the number of users of pensions dashboard services will increase to around 16 million in the years following the Dashboards Available Point.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/04/2024 14:57:57 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1699045

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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: Consumer Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when users of the new Pensions Dashboard will be able to access financial information relating to their pensions.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	20581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Users of pensions dashboard services will be able to access financial information relating to their pensions at the Dashboards Available Point. The Dashboards Available Point is the point at which pensions dashboard services will be available for widespread use by the general public.</p><p> </p><p>A specific date for the Dashboards Available Point cannot yet be determined as the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions must first have regard to a number of relevant matters, including sufficient level of coverage, assurance of the safety, security and reliability of the service and testing of the user experience. Once satisfied that the dashboards ecosystem is ready to support widespread use, following consultation with the Money and Pensions Service, The Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority, the Secretary of State will then issue a notice at least six months in advance of the launch of pensions dashboard services for use by the general public.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 15/04/2024 14:19:42 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1664409

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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: Consumer Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether State Pension data will be included in the Pensions Dashboard Programme.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	202262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>Pensions dashboards will allow individuals to view information about their pensions, including the State Pension, for free in one place online. Dashboards will show individuals the estimated State Pension amount they would get based on their current National Insurance contribution record, their forecasted State Pension amount that assumes they pay National Insurance contributions going forward, the date they will reach State Pension age, and supporting messages regarding the data displayed.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 23/10/2023 10:53:55 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1652330

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
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: Consumer Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of the (a) development of the Pensions Dashboard Programme to date and (b) programme on completion.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	193574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>MaPS has been allocated £91.1M for the delivery of the Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) through the relevant Spending Review periods covering financial years 2019/20 to 2024/25.</p><p>The Pensions Dashboards Programme (PDP) has spent £45.3M between 2019/20 and the end of May 2023 (with spend relating to 2022/23 and to 2023/24 subject to final audit). Further spend for the programme will be available on an annual basis.</p><p>Expenditure allocations for years beyond 2024/25 will be the subject of future Spending Review processes.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 17/07/2023 15:26:27 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1652332

registered interest
date	12/07/2023
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: Consumer Information
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 that the Pensions Dashboard Programme will be ready for use.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	193575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2023 answer text <p>The Dashboards Available Point will be when the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is satisfied that the dashboards ecosystem – which is being developed by the Pensions Dashboards Programme – is ready to support widespread use by the general public. This will come following consultation with the Money and Pensions Service, the Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Dashboards Regulations 2022 specify that the Secretary of State will provide notice of at least six months ahead of the Dashboards Available Point. The Secretary of State will consider factors including sufficient level of coverage, assurance of the safety, security and reliability of the service, and testing of the user experience.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 17/07/2023 15:26:37 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1521353

registered interest
date	12/10/2022
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	Cold Weather Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the Cold Weather Payments scheme has been triggered in the last two years; how much money has been distributed as part of this scheme; and whether the scheme uses ringfenced funds.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	61837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>A breakdown of triggers by country along with number of payments can be found in the official statistics for cold weather payment (CWP) estimates here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cold-weather-payment-estimates-2021-to-2022" target="_blank">Cold Weather Payment estimates: 2021 to 2022- GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>Expenditure on Cold Weather Payments can be found in the Annual Social Fund Reports here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-fund-annual-report-2020-to-2021/social-fund-annual-report-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">Social Fund annual report 2020 to 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>. The 21/22 report is due to be published in the near future and thus 21/22 expenditure is an estimate based on the Cold Weather Payment Official Statistics.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Cold Weather Payments are not ring-fenced. Funding for the Cold Weather Payment scheme is demand driven and expenditure varies each year depending on how cold the winter is.</p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart question first answered 19/10/2022 10:25:20 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1519768

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Cold Weather Payments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Cold Weather Payments have been distributed since that scheme's inception; and how much her Department has spent on those payments per annum.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	59590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The current system of cold weather payments was introduced in 1988. The payment is a fixed amount for each week of cold weather. From 1995 this was set at £8.50 a week. The Cold Weather Payment was temporarily increased from £8.50 to £25 for the winters of 2008/9 and 2009/10. This increase was made permanent in November 2010.</p><p /><p>The table below shows the number of Cold Weather payments made and total expenditure in each year since 1988-89. 21/22 is due to be published in the next Annual Social Fund Report so has not been included below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>No. of cold weather payments (000)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1988-89</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>0.003</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989-90</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1990-91</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1991-92</p></td><td><p>3,827</p></td><td><p>23.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992-93</p></td><td><p>2,503</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1993-94</p></td><td><p>2,064</p></td><td><p>12.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994-95</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1995-96</p></td><td><p>7,252</p></td><td><p>61.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1996-97</p></td><td><p>4,964</p></td><td><p>42.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997-98</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998-99</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999-00</p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>3,535</p></td><td><p>30.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>1,804</p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>1,675</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>418</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>988</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>402</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>472</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>8,416</p></td><td><p>210.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>11,590</p></td><td><p>289.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>17,232</p></td><td><p>430.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>5,167</p></td><td><p>129.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>5,845</p></td><td><p>146.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>3.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>4,572</p></td><td><p>114.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>1079</p></td><td><p>27.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>3,951</p></td><td><p>98.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><ol><li>N/A= not available</li><li>Figures are for payments triggered in the relevant financial year.</li><li>There was a single level of payment each year, except in 1990-91 when the level of payment was increased during the year. A breakdown of the number <br> of payments for that year by level is not available. 3. Some people were made more than one payment in some years.</li><li>Numbers of payments made are rounded to the nearest 1,000, except for <br> 1988-89 where the number of payments is rounded to the nearest 100. <br> Amounts spent are rounded to the nearest £0.1 million, except for 1988-89 <br> where the amount spent is rounded to the nearest £1,000.</li><li>Data are not available on the numbers of payments received (as opposed <br> to made) or on the numbers of people who received payments. However, the <br> vast majority of payments are now made direct into bank accounts.</li><li><em>Source: Annual reports by the Secretary of State for Social Security/Work and <br> Pensions on the Social Fund</em></li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Claire Coutinho question first answered 19/10/2022 11:58:46 answering member 4806 label Biography information for Claire Coutinho
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1289014

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
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	Kickstart Scheme: Blaenau Gwent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many young people living in Blaenau Gwent constituency were registered with the Kickstart scheme as of 23 February 2021.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	157063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>Data regarding the number of young people registered for the Kickstart scheme by constituency is not currently available.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/03/2021 17:51:07 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith