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168402

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many members of his Department's executive board are disabled.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	217408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department is unable to provide the answer to this question as, in line with Cabinet Office guidance and ONS best practice, we redact sensitive personal information where the results may show less than four individuals, thereby compromising their anonymity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The membership of the Departmental Executive Team can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 217366 217387 question first answered 15/12/2014 14:58:40 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

49948

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	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
	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 number and proportion of working age (a) men and (b) women who do not meet the wage criteria for eligibility for auto-enrolment; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	197764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The analysis required to answer this question is not currently available. To answer this question requires analysis across a number of data sources to include all women and men of working age. If a robust outcome can be reached it will be published on the DWP website.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

49950

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	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
	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 number of women with multiple part-time jobs whose total earnings are above the threshold for automatic enrolment; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	197739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>There are 230,000-260,000 female workers with multiple jobs who have total earnings above the automatic enrolment earnings trigger (£10,000 in 2014/15). Just 40,000-50,000 of these are ineligible for automatic enrollment because they earn less than the earnings trigger in any one of their jobs. A majority of these workers have earnings above the lower limit of the automatic enrolment qualifying earnings band (£5,772 in 2014/15) in at least one job and so can opt-in to a pension scheme with a mandatory contribution from their employer. Further detail is available in <em>Workplace Pension Reform: Multiple Jobholders</em>, DWP, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/211729/ad-hoc-multiple-jobs.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/211729/ad-hoc-multiple-jobs.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

50365

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claimed how much support for mortgage interest in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) January to April 2014.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	198226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Available figures on the average number of claimants in receipt of support for mortgage interest (SMI), and total SMI expenditure, are based on financial years.</p><p> </p><p>The table below includes outturn figures for the years up until 2012/13, together with estimates for 2013/14, and the forecast for 2014/15. These figures were published on 23 April 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Support for Mortgage Interest</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Caseload (Thousands)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ millions Nominal </strong></p><p><strong>(cash)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ millions</strong></p><p><strong>Real Terms </strong></p><p><strong>(14/15 prices)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10 outturn</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>563</p></td><td><p>621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 outturn</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>514</p></td><td><p>554</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 outturn</p></td><td><p>221</p></td><td><p>367</p></td><td><p>386</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 outturn</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>362</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 estimate</p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 forecast</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>368</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: DWP benefit expenditure and caseload tables; Outturn and forecast: Budget 2014; tables 3a-c, which can be found via the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2014</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

50397

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects the Pension Regulator to conclude its investigation into the Carrington Wire pension scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	198254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>This is a matter for the Pensions Regulator which has operational independence.</p><p>Inevitably in complex cases involving foreign companies where it appears that scheme abandonment may have taken place, it can take some time for the Regulator to complete the thorough investigations needed to establish whether the legal tests in relation to its ‘anti-avoidance' powers, including the power to issue contribution notices, are met.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

49530

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of Child Support Agency cases subject to case closure which have child maintenance arrears based wholly or partly on an interim maintenance assessment; and what steps he is taking to re-evaluate the amount of arrears owed and to inform the non-resident parent and parent with care accordingly.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	197481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We have identified around 1,400 cases subject to case closure which have child maintenance arrears based wholly or partly on an interim maintenance assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The arrears existing on cases coming up for closure will be reviewed, and where necessary revised, to ensure accuracy. Both parents will be informed of the arrears balance prior to their case closing.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

49531

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how often powers in the Child Support Information Regulations 2008 to require suppliers of gas and electricity to (a) provide the Child Support Agency with information to confirm the whereabouts of a non-resident parent and (b) obtain account information to assist enforcement action to recover child maintenance arrears have been used to date.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	197482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The powers available within Section 4(1) of the Child Support Information Regulations 2008 are used as part of the normal trace process available to caseworkers when required. However, this information is not routinely recorded for management information purposes. To provide this would require the creation of new information, which could only be completed and appropriately assured at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

49834

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support for the payment of mortgage interest will be available for universal credit recipients in low paid work; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	197914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Under the current system, low paid workers are able to supplement their earnings by claiming support from tax credits. However, tax credits do not make any allowance for mortgage interest payments. Similarly, when Universal Credit replaces the tax credit system, there will be no entitlement to help with mortgage interest during any period in which the claimant is in paid work.</p><p> </p><p>However the earnings rules are far more generous in Universal Credit. This means that most people, particularly those on low incomes, have a significantly greater incentive to move into work than under the current system.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of people claiming UC will be better off in work: even if they work part-time and even if they receive a low hourly rate of pay. For example, a lone parent receiving the average amount of mortgage interest who takes up a job that pays the national minimum wage will be better off than under the current system if he or she works just 7hours a week.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

49952

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of what constitutes an adequate retirement income; what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) men and (b) women who will achieve this income; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	197763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>In September 2013 we published the “Framework for the analysis of future pension incomes” which contained details of our modelling of adequate retirement incomes. Recognising that an individual's income in working life affects the retirement income that they would deem to be adequate, we use replacement rates (the ratio of retirement income to working age income) instead of a single income value to assess adequacy.</p><p> </p><p>We use the following set of five replacement rate targets as determined in the Pensions Commission's 2004 report to define adequate replacement rates:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Average annual equivalised gross household earnings between 50 and State Pension Age (2014 earnings terms)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Target replacement rate for adequate retirement income</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under £12,300</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£12,300 to £22,700</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£22,700 to £32,500</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£32,500 to £52,000</p></td><td><p>60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Over £52,000</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>To account for income sharing among couples, we use equivalised household level income for both working age and retirement incomes.</p><p> </p><p>Using the Department's Pensim2 model we look at the simulated replacement rates of individuals reaching State Pension age between 2014 and 2059, yielding around 27.9 million individuals in our adequacy measure.</p><p> </p><p>Our analysis shows that we expect there around 56 per cent (around 15.7 million) of those individuals to have an adequate replacement rate. It also shows that around a) 55 per cent of men and b) 57 per cent of women in our measure will have an adequate replacement rate.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

50122

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how long tenants who move from direct payment of housing support to managed payment because they have eight weeks of rent arrears will be allowed to stay on managed payment before they revert to direct payment.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	198004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>It is expected that this arrangement would be reviewed six months after the arrears have been repaid, with a view to the tenant returning to the standard monthly payment, having received additional personal budgeting support where appropriate. All alternative payment arrangements are discretionary and based on individual circumstances and consequently this timescale may vary depending on the capabilities and support needs of the claimant(s).</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms