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576987

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date	06/09/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what efforts they have made to inform people what their individual state pension age will be (1) directly using individual letters, and (2) indirectly such as through a national high-profile advertising campaign.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL1584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government has provided information in order for all individuals to be able to find out their State Pension age and conditions of their benefits. For example, following the Pensions Act 1995, State Pension estimates, issued to individuals on request, made the changes clear.</p><p> </p><p>Following the 2011 changes, which brought about faster equalisation of men’s and women’s State Pension ages and accelerated the timetable for the rise to 66, DWP wrote to all individuals directly affected to inform them of the change to their State Pension age, using the address details recorded by HMRC at the time.</p><p> </p><p>Information on State Pension age changes and who they affect is also available on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>, and the online State Pension age calculator gives individuals a quick and simple way to check when they will reach State Pension age.</p><p> </p><p>As part of a national advertising campaign about the changes to the State Pension from 6 April 2016, we encouraged people to find out about their State Pension age. Between August 2015 and April 2016, there were 1.6m visits to the campaign page GOV.UK/yourstatepension. Between February 2016 and April 2016 the State Pension age calculator was used 2.3 million times. The campaign directs people to our new online Check your State Pension service where individual personal State Pension forecasts can be viewed. Over a million forecasts have been viewed since the service launched in February 2016.</p><p> </p><p>We have committed to completing a review of the State Pension age by May 2017. As part of our on-going no-cost media activity on the issue, the launch of the review, for example, was the front page of a number of national newspapers.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 15/09/2016 11:43:04 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

576988

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many letters the Department for Work and Pensions has received from Members of Parliament since May 2015 on behalf of women who have complained about the impact of an increase in their state pension age.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL1585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 15/09/2016 11:46:14 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

576989

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many workers earning below the personal tax threshold were paying into net-pay pension schemes in (1) 2010–11, (2) 2011–12, (3) 2012–13, (4) 2013–14, (5) 2014–15, (6) 2015–16 and (7) 2016–17 to date.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL1586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not therefore hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL1587 HL1589 HL1757 question first answered 19/09/2016 09:17:28 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

576990

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of workers who earn under £11,000 a year and are contributing to net-pay pension schemes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL1587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not therefore hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL1586 HL1589 HL1757 question first answered 19/09/2016 09:17:29 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

576991

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action the Department for Work and Pensions has taken to inform employers and pension scheme members of the implications for those on low pay of using a net-pay scheme rather than a relief-at-source scheme that adds the tax relief due.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL1588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>Pensions’ taxation is a matter for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.</p><p> </p><p>The noble Baroness may, however, find it helpful to note that the Pensions Regulator’s website provides comprehensive guidance for employers about their duties under workplace pensions’ legislation. This guidance covers pension scheme choice and the implications for an employer’s workforce of net-pay arrangements and relief-at-source schemes.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud question first answered 15/09/2016 11:43:31 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

576992

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of employers using net-pay pension schemes that are unaware that their workers who earn less than £11,000 a year are unable to receive the tax relief they could receive in a relief-at-source scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL1589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of workers earning less than the personal allowance who are also members of pension schemes that operate a net pay system. The Government does not hold employee level data on employees enrolled in net pay pension schemes, as such schemes are not obliged to report pension contributions to HM Revenue and Customs. The Government does not therefore hold information on the value of tax reliefs paid out to employees in net pay schemes.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Pensions Regulator provides guidance to employers on choosing a pension scheme for their staff in order to discharge their statutory obligations under automatic enrolment. This guidance covers the choice between net pay and relief at source schemes, and the implications of net pay schemes for employees who do not pay tax.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Neill of Gatley grouped question UIN HL1586 HL1587 HL1757 question first answered 19/09/2016 09:17:29 answering member 4536 label Biography information for Lord O'Neill of Gatley
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann