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968095

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Unemployment: Young 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 level of youth unemployment was in (a) 2010 and (b) 2018 to date.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	170763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The level of unemployment amongst people aged 16-24 years old has fallen to a record low. In the three months to July 2018 youth unemployment was 488,000 - down 451,000 (48%) from 939,000 before the 2010 election.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/09/2018 11:59:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

968097

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in disability payments in (a) 2010 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	170765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The “Outturn and forecast: Spring Statement 2018 (ODS)” table shows spending on Disability Living Allowance (DLA), Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP) and Attendance Allowance (AA) in both cash and real terms from introduction to 2016/17, the latest date for which published outturn data is available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1: Disability benefits expenditure 2009/10 to 2016/17 (Spring Statement 2018)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Disability benefits expenditure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></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> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>£ million, nominal terms</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16,565</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,104</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,905</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18,906</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,288</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,791</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,734</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,164</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DLA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,459</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,877</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,566</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,430</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,763</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,798</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,233</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,514</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which children</p></td><td><p>1,192</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td><td><p>1,315</p></td><td><p>1,391</p></td><td><p>1,463</p></td><td><p>1,717</p></td><td><p>1,835</p></td><td><p>1,897</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which working age</p></td><td><p>6,277</p></td><td><p>6,456</p></td><td><p>6,900</p></td><td><p>7,419</p></td><td><p>7,528</p></td><td><p>7,071</p></td><td><p>6,632</p></td><td><p>5,138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which pensioners</p></td><td><p>3,989</p></td><td><p>4,200</p></td><td><p>4,351</p></td><td><p>4,620</p></td><td><p>4,771</p></td><td><p>5,010</p></td><td><p>4,766</p></td><td><p>4,478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which outside UK</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>PIP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>161</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,565</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,160</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which working age</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>1,436</p></td><td><p>2,723</p></td><td><p>4,481</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which pensioners</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>679</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>of which outside UK</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AFIP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,106</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,228</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,339</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,476</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,360</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,422</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,490</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,483</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which children</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which working age</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which pensioners</p></td><td><p>5,106</p></td><td><p>5,228</p></td><td><p>5,339</p></td><td><p>5,476</p></td><td><p>5,360</p></td><td><p>5,422</p></td><td><p>5,490</p></td><td><p>5,483</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which outside UK</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Disability benefits expenditure,</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></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> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>£ million, real terms, 2018/19 prices</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,176</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>19,445</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,067</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,757</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,821</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,123</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,972</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,920</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>DLA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,265</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,502</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,083</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,745</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,856</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,682</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,987</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,906</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which children</p></td><td><p>1,380</p></td><td><p>1,387</p></td><td><p>1,473</p></td><td><p>1,527</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td><td><p>1,827</p></td><td><p>1,939</p></td><td><p>1,962</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which working age</p></td><td><p>7,267</p></td><td><p>7,340</p></td><td><p>7,733</p></td><td><p>8,146</p></td><td><p>8,127</p></td><td><p>7,524</p></td><td><p>7,010</p></td><td><p>5,313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which pensioners</p></td><td><p>4,618</p></td><td><p>4,775</p></td><td><p>4,877</p></td><td><p>5,072</p></td><td><p>5,150</p></td><td><p>5,331</p></td><td><p>5,038</p></td><td><p>4,631</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which outside UK</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>PIP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>173</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,665</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,176</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,336</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which working age</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>157</p></td><td><p>1,528</p></td><td><p>2,878</p></td><td><p>4,634</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which pensioners</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>298</p></td><td><p>703</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>of which outside UK</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AFIP</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>AA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,911</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,943</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,984</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,786</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,769</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,802</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,670</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which children</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which working age</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which pensioners</p></td><td><p>5,911</p></td><td><p>5,943</p></td><td><p>5,984</p></td><td><p>6,012</p></td><td><p>5,786</p></td><td><p>5,769</p></td><td><p>5,802</p></td><td><p>5,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>of which outside UK</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 13/09/2018 15:23:50 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

968108

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Scotland
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 July 2018 to Question 165149, on Social Security Benefits: Scotland, how many claimants have outstanding benefit overpayment debts that are to be devolved to Scotland which are attributable to (a) overpayment and (b) fraud debts.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	170770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Current data shows that there are 16,457 claimants with overpayments debts that are due to be devolved to Scottish Government. Of this total, 1,079 have overpayment debts classified as Fraud.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 15:03:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

968116

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Cold Weather Payments: North Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using an alternative weather station to the Mona weather station when determining eligibility for cold weather payments for postcode areas LL33 and LL54-LL61.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	170716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The linkages between postcodes and weather stations are reviewed every year, with the last review being submitted in July 2018. In addition to this year’s review I have commissioned a supplementary review of the LL33 and LL54-61 postcodes, which will be communicated when the Met Office have finalised their thorough re-assessment of the postcodes links.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 15:10:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

968179

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what processes her Department uses to (a) notify people of their state pension entitlement and (b) advise them of the number of additional qualifying years of national insurance contributions required to obtain the full state pension; and whether that information is provided via a single communication.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	170650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Reforms to the State Pension were recommended by the Pensions Commission in 2005, which was set up under the then Labour Government. These recommendations were taken forward in the design of the new State Pension by the coalition Government.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2014, the Department for Work and Pensions has carried out a comprehensive communication campaign to bring the new State Pension to people’s attention with advertisements in newspapers, on social media and on radio stations across the country as well as working through Stakeholders to raise public awareness of the changes. There is also a significant package of on-line information about the State Pension at <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Our online service, Check your State Pension (CySP), is key in supporting the communication campaign. This service provides a State Pension forecast (based on the individual’s current National Insurance record and an assumption that future years count towards their State Pension), and the earliest date the individual can get their State Pension. Users can look at their National Insurance record, where they will also find out how many qualifying years they have and any gaps in their contributions. Since February 2016, over 10 million State Pension forecasts have now been viewed online, helping millions of people to plan for their retirement. Those who are unable to use the online CySP service can request to get a State Pension forecast posted to them.</p><p> </p><p>The CySP service also gives personalised information on whether the payment of (Class 3) voluntary National Insurance Contributions (vNICs) may improve their forecast. Whether or not an individual can improve their State Pension position by making vNICs will depend upon their own particular circumstances. It is entirely a decision for the individual to make but it may not always be beneficial. A person normally has six years in which to pay vNICs for a given tax year.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone considering making vNICs payments should firstly check their State Pension using the CySP service on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>. Where someone pays Class 3 vNICs and the payment does not result in an increase their State Pension, they can request a refund from HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>People with no National Insurance record before the introduction of the new State<br>Pension on 6 April 2016 will need 35 qualifying years to get the full amount of new State Pension, when they reach State Pension age.</p><p> </p><p>For people with an existing National Insurance record before this date, transitional arrangements apply and their existing National Insurance (NI) record to 6 April 2016 is taken into account. (It is therefore not the case that 35 years of National Insurance will result in the full rate of the new State Pension for these people; in these cases there is usually not a direct relationship between the number of years of National Insurance contributions and the amount of State Pension someone receives.)</p><p>People who qualify will receive at least as much from the new State Pension as they would have done from the old system, based on their NI record to 6 April 2018;<br></p><p>Many people will be able to build a higher State Pension amount than they previously could have done by adding further qualifying years until they either reach the full rate of new State Pension, or their State Pension age whichever comes first</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 170652 question first answered 13/09/2018 09:31:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

968181

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families have claimed the (a) higher and (b) lower rate of bereavement support since 6 April 2017 in (i) England, (ii) the North West, (iii) Merseyside and (iv) Wallasey constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	170703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not currently available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 15:14:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

968182

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	State Retirement 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 have (a) made additional payments to increase the number of qualifying years of National Insurance contributions they require to claim the full state pension and (b) by making such payments have (i) exceeded the 35 years required to claim that pension and (ii) been refunded for making overpayments.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	170651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The requested information relating to the payment of voluntary Class 3 National Insurance contributions is not readily available.</p><p> </p><p>People with no National Insurance record before the introduction of the new State Pension on 6 April 2016 will need 35 qualifying years to get the full amount of new State Pension, when they reach State Pension age.</p><p> </p><p>For people with an existing National Insurance record before this date, transitional arrangements apply and their existing National Insurance (NI) record to 6 April 2016 is taken into account. (It is therefore not the case that 35 years of National Insurance will result in the full rate of the new State Pension for these people; in these cases there is usually not a direct relationship between the number of years of National Insurance contributions and the amount of State Pension someone receives.)</p><p>People who qualify will receive at least as much from the new State Pension as they would have done from the old system, based on their NI record to 6 April 2018;<br></p><p>Many people will be able to build a higher State Pension amount than they previously could have done by adding further qualifying years until they either reach the full rate of new State Pension, or their State Pension age whichever comes first</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/09/2018 11:35:42 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

968185

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the socio-economic background of people appointed to senior positions in her Department in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	170822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Currently DWP does not routinely capture Socio-Economic Background (SEB) information as part of Departmental workforce data. Following the release of the official SEB measures produced by the Cabinet Office in June 2018, we are considering our approach to gathering baseline SEB data. In addition, from 2019 DWP will be collecting SEB information via the annual Civil Service People Survey.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2018 11:32:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

968187

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the requirement to have 35 qualifying years of national insurance contributions to be eligible for a full state pension is set out in correspondence sent to people in relation to (a) their national insurance record and (b) their state pension.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	170652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>Reforms to the State Pension were recommended by the Pensions Commission in 2005, which was set up under the then Labour Government. These recommendations were taken forward in the design of the new State Pension by the coalition Government.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2014, the Department for Work and Pensions has carried out a comprehensive communication campaign to bring the new State Pension to people’s attention with advertisements in newspapers, on social media and on radio stations across the country as well as working through Stakeholders to raise public awareness of the changes. There is also a significant package of on-line information about the State Pension at <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Our online service, Check your State Pension (CySP), is key in supporting the communication campaign. This service provides a State Pension forecast (based on the individual’s current National Insurance record and an assumption that future years count towards their State Pension), and the earliest date the individual can get their State Pension. Users can look at their National Insurance record, where they will also find out how many qualifying years they have and any gaps in their contributions. Since February 2016, over 10 million State Pension forecasts have now been viewed online, helping millions of people to plan for their retirement. Those who are unable to use the online CySP service can request to get a State Pension forecast posted to them.</p><p> </p><p>The CySP service also gives personalised information on whether the payment of (Class 3) voluntary National Insurance Contributions (vNICs) may improve their forecast. Whether or not an individual can improve their State Pension position by making vNICs will depend upon their own particular circumstances. It is entirely a decision for the individual to make but it may not always be beneficial. A person normally has six years in which to pay vNICs for a given tax year.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone considering making vNICs payments should firstly check their State Pension using the CySP service on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>. Where someone pays Class 3 vNICs and the payment does not result in an increase their State Pension, they can request a refund from HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>People with no National Insurance record before the introduction of the new State<br>Pension on 6 April 2016 will need 35 qualifying years to get the full amount of new State Pension, when they reach State Pension age.</p><p> </p><p>For people with an existing National Insurance record before this date, transitional arrangements apply and their existing National Insurance (NI) record to 6 April 2016 is taken into account. (It is therefore not the case that 35 years of National Insurance will result in the full rate of the new State Pension for these people; in these cases there is usually not a direct relationship between the number of years of National Insurance contributions and the amount of State Pension someone receives.)</p><p>People who qualify will receive at least as much from the new State Pension as they would have done from the old system, based on their NI record to 6 April 2018;<br></p><p>Many people will be able to build a higher State Pension amount than they previously could have done by adding further qualifying years until they either reach the full rate of new State Pension, or their State Pension age whichever comes first</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 170650 question first answered 13/09/2018 09:31:01 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

968204

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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 conditionality easements have been applied to claimants suffering a bereavement following the death of a partner, child or qualifying young person since April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	170704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally and would only be available at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/09/2018 15:46:30 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle