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997255

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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	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 steps she is taking to ensure that private pensions are accessible through the pensions dashboard.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	185015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Private Pensions information will be available through dashboards. Delivery of these will be led by industry and facilitated by government. We will set out and consult on our proposed approach to delivery, including how to maximise private pension schemes participation in the dashboard in our feasibility report, which will be published shortly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>People can already access the online ‘Check your State Pension’ service through GOV.UK to get a forecast of their State Pension. This includes information about how they may be able to improve the amount of State Pension they are entitled to, as well as providing a view of their National Insurance contribution record. Check Your State Pension service has provided more than ten million online estimates since its introduction in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 185016 question first answered 01/11/2018 15:42:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

997256

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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	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 she will take steps to ensure that State Pension information is accessible through the pensions dashboard to enable (a) pensioners and (b) people approaching retirement age to make informed decisions.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	185016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Private Pensions information will be available through dashboards. Delivery of these will be led by industry and facilitated by government. We will set out and consult on our proposed approach to delivery, including how to maximise private pension schemes participation in the dashboard in our feasibility report, which will be published shortly.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>People can already access the online ‘Check your State Pension’ service through GOV.UK to get a forecast of their State Pension. This includes information about how they may be able to improve the amount of State Pension they are entitled to, as well as providing a view of their National Insurance contribution record. Check Your State Pension service has provided more than ten million online estimates since its introduction in 2016.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 185015 question first answered 01/11/2018 15:42:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

776245

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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: Payment Methods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what advice his Department provides to vulnerable customers switching from a Post Office Card account to a bank account in order to manage their benefits and tax credit payments.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	109032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>A dedicated telephone service has been set up and aims to support Post Office card account users, who can, into mainstream banking. Customers who receive a letter about how their payments are made can call free to ask questions and if required will be provided with information to help them choose an account that’s right for their circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>This could include continuing to receive payments into their POca, as while the majority of pension and benefit payments are paid into a bank account some customers, including those who are vulnerable, may remain unable to use or access such services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/10/2017 13:41:58 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

774111

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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	Post Office Card Account
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 plans to pay benefits and pensions into Post Office card accounts after 2021.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	108719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>In 2014 Government committed to maintain POca until at least 2021, to ensure that people who cannot use a mainstream account can continue to access their benefits and pensions.</p><p>Government’s existing POca contract with the Post Office, which expires in November 2021, has an option to be extended for up to 3 years to 2024. A decision on any extension will be taken at the appropriate time, informed by both customers’ needs and the need to make sure the taxpayer sees Value for Money.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 108721 question first answered 24/10/2017 09:52:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

774112

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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	Post Office Card Account
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Post Office card accounts have migrated to mainstream bank accounts to date.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	108720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Direct Payment into a bank, building society or credit union account is the most efficient, cost effective and preferred way to make pension and benefit payments. The department is writing to some Post Office card account users about receiving their payments this way and around 440,000 have provided alternative payment details.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 24/10/2017 09:55:03 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

774114

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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	Post Office Card Account
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 plans to continue to pay benefits and pensions into Post Office card accounts until 2021.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	108721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>In 2014 Government committed to maintain POca until at least 2021, to ensure that people who cannot use a mainstream account can continue to access their benefits and pensions.</p><p>Government’s existing POca contract with the Post Office, which expires in November 2021, has an option to be extended for up to 3 years to 2024. A decision on any extension will be taken at the appropriate time, informed by both customers’ needs and the need to make sure the taxpayer sees Value for Money.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 108719 question first answered 24/10/2017 09:52:11 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

522719

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Flexible Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 4 May 2016 to Question 35354, for what reasons the correspondence does not inform claimants of the availability of the Flexible Support Fund.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	39122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The purpose of the correspondence was to notify the claimants who may be affected of the changes to the work allowances and to highlight the work coach as the primary source of additional support.</p><p> </p><p>As the Flexible Support Fund is accessed at the discretion of the work coach and is based on individual claimant need, it was not explicitly referred to in the letter.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/06/2016 09:00:49 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

522720

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Jobcentres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many referrals to debt advice services have been made by jobcentre staff in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	39119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/06/2016 09:08:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

522721

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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	Flexible Support Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the allocation for the Flexible Support Fund is lower in 2016-17 than in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	39120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The budget for Flexible Support Fund (FSF) is subject to annual review and change. This is based on claimant needs and volumes, and as new policies are agreed and old policies are withdrawn. As discretionary expenditure it is also dependent upon overall Departmental affordability.</p><p>The FSF budget has actually increased between 2015/16 and 2016/17. In 2015/16 it was £69.5m. It is £76.7m for 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/06/2016 12:49:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

522722

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 4 May 2016 to Question 35718, what his Department's combined legal costs were for the cases EE/2013/0145, EA2013/0148 and EA/2013/0149 heard at the First Tier Tribunal on 22 February 2016.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	39121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The total recorded external legal cost of these cases up to March 2016 is around £94,000.</p><p>This case raised important issues both for the Department, and for the Government as a whole, with regards to being able to create a safe space for free and frank provision of advice to officials and Ministers. The Government remains of a view that this was a case worth pursuing as the principles here are important ones for the proper conduct of public affairs.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/06/2016 16:53:59 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith