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454332

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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: National Insurance Contributions
	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 Schedule 14 and Section 24 of the Pension Act 2014, how many employees have been affected by the introduction of the statutory over-ride which provides for employers who sponsor contracted-out occupational pensions schemes to pass on increases in national insurance contributions to employees.
	tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
	tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
	uin	28010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not currently collect this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 27981 question first answered 02/03/2016 16:37:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

454060

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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
	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how many people automatically enrolled into workplace pensions between October 2012 and October 2013 have since withdrawn from that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	27859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>The Information requested is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Research from 2013 shows that between nine and ten per cent of automatically enrolled workers had opted out of their pension scheme. Our latest figures show that since the roll out of automatic enrolment, nearly 6 million people have now been automatically enrolled, and opt outs have remained much lower than were originally anticipated. We expect that around nine million workers will be newly saving or saving more by 2018. The Department is doing further analysis into workplace pension participation and opt out rates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/02/2016 15:11:54 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

454325

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that employees who initially opted out of the automatic enrolment into pension provision are informed of the importance of revising of their individual pension status.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	27857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has been a great success to date. Since the roll out of automatic enrolment, nearly 6 million people have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension. Only 10% of individuals that have been automatically enrolled so far have chosen to opt out. This is one of the key indicators of the policy’s success in increasing participation in pension saving.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals who have opted out of automatic enrolment and have subsequently changed their mind can discuss with their employer how to opt back in. Furthermore, employers are required by law to automatically re-enrol eligible workers every three years. This prompts individuals to periodically reconsider their saving arrangements. Employers also have duties to provide certain information to their workers within prescribed time limits.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the national communications campaign<em>, Don’t Ignore the Workplace Pension,</em> raises awareness of pension saving among both employees and employers, and promotes the idea that saving in a workplace pension is normal. The campaign directs individuals to the campaign website, The Pension Regulator’s website, and the relevant gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/02/2016 14:38:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

454095

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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	Supported Housing: Housing Benefit
	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 ring-fence housing payments for tenants in supported accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	27843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>We value the work of the supported housing sector extremely highly and are working closely with them to ensure they are supported as effectively as possible. As part of this, we have commissioned an evidence review of supported housing. The results of this research will determine any appropriate exemptions.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has agreed to put in place a year-long exception for all supported housing provided by local authorities and private registered providers from the one per cent rent reduction.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 29/02/2016 14:03:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

454337

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average financial cost is to an individual woman who has seen her state pension age increased by the maximum 18 months.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
	uin	28107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>Women born between 6 December 1953 and 5 October 1954 will have their state pension age increased by the maximum 18 months.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to assess the income of every individual due to their differing characteristics. The impact on a small number of hypothetical cases was modelled for the 2011 Pensions Act Impact Assessment.</p><p> </p><p>These show how women born in 1954, affected by the maximum 18 months increase, could see their total state and private pension income change, compared to the previously legislated timetable.</p><p> </p><p>Women who continue to work will also receive additional income from employment. It may also be possible for women to receive other working age benefits.</p><p> </p><p>The impacts can be found in Table 8 of Annex A of the Impact Assessment at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pensions-act-2011-impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pensions-act-2011-impact-assessment</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department published analysis on the impact of the new State Pension (nSP) in January 2016 showing that three million women gain on average over £11pw extra State Pension by 2030:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-state-pension-impact-on-an-individuals-pension-entitlement-longer-term-effects" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-state-pension-impact-on-an-individuals-pension-entitlement-longer-term-effects</a></p><p>On average women will still receive 10% more new State Pension than men over their lifetime.</p><p> </p><p>The change in State Pension age is designed to equalise State Pension age between men and women and to remove a long standing inequality, while the new State Pension improves outcomes for women, bringing forward by a decade the point at which women have equivalent State Pension outcomes to men (by the early 2040s instead of the early-2050s).</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/03/2016 16:50:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

454335

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the effect is on the public purse of not annually uprating the UK state pensions of British pensioners living overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	28149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a clear position, which has remained consistent for around 70 years: UK state pensions are payable worldwide and uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so for example in the European Economic Area or countries where we have bilateral agreements. There are no plans to change this.</p><p> </p><p>Not uprating where there is no legal requirement to do so frees up about £0.5 billion a year which can be used to fund Government priorities in this country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 28143 question first answered 02/03/2016 16:54:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

454336

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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: British Nationals Abroad
	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 take steps to provide British pensioners living overseas with the same annual uprating of their state pension as British pensioners who are resident in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	28143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government has a clear position, which has remained consistent for around 70 years: UK state pensions are payable worldwide and uprated abroad where we have a legal requirement to do so for example in the European Economic Area or countries where we have bilateral agreements. There are no plans to change this.</p><p> </p><p>Not uprating where there is no legal requirement to do so frees up about £0.5 billion a year which can be used to fund Government priorities in this country.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 28149 question first answered 02/03/2016 16:54:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

454067

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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	National Insurance Contributions
	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 businesses which are planning to pass on the increase in their National Insurance contributions from April 2016 to their employees.
	tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
	tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
	uin	27981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not currently collect this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 28010 question first answered 02/03/2016 16:37:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

454327

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he intends to answer the letter to him dated 12 January 2016 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Ms S Lyons.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
	tabling member printed	Sir Gerald Kaufman
	uin	27845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Our records show that this correspondence, regarding the overpayment of Tax Credits, was transferred to Ministerial colleagues at HM Treasury on 26 January 2016.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/02/2016 15:51:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	451 label Biography information for Sir Gerald Kaufman

454328

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	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: Ministerial Policy Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) policy and (b) other responsibilities are of each special adviser in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	27965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon.Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, my Rt.Hon. Friend Matthew Hancock, Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=QuestionsWithAnswersOnly&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=27946" target="_blank">UIN 27946.</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 01/03/2016 10:51:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma