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date	02/10/2019
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: Shipley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in Shipley constituency have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	293501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving, and reversing the decline in workplace pension participation in the decade prior to these reforms. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to opt outs or the number of individuals who have saved above the automatic enrolment minimum contribution level. However, we do know that overall around 9% of automatically enrolled workers have chosen to opt out which is significantly below original estimates; and our latest evaluation report shows that, in April 2017, approximately 5.9 million eligible employees were already meeting the April 2019 minimum contribution rates.</p><p> </p><p>I am providing the following information about the impact of automatic enrolment in your constituency, as of August 2019:</p><p> </p><p>In the Shipley constituency, since 2012, approximately 9,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 1,590 employers have met their duties.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report 2018, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p>https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</p><p>The Pensions Regulator’s data on Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance by constituency, available via the following weblink:<a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests" target="_blank">https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/10/2019 10:56:16 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1146498

registered interest
date	26/09/2019
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	International Women's Day
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much the Government have spent on celebrations for International Women's day in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	291337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government Equalities Office does not collect or hold information regarding spend across government on International Women’s Day. It is for individual departments to decide if and how to celebrate this day.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 04/10/2019 13:08:06 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1146271

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Cycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2019 to Question 281681, how much his Department has spent on schemes to encourage his staff to cycle to work since 2015; and how much his Department has spent on (a) installing bicycle racks and (b) bonus schemes for bicycle use in that time period.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	291018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>Since 2015, Defra has not incurred spend on schemes to promote cycle to work, installation of bicycle racks or bonus schemes for bicycle use.</p><p> </p><p>However, we will shortly embark on a small works project to provide 30 cycle racks at Foss House in York, due for completion in September 2019, at a cost of £2,660.48</p><p> </p><p>Defra promotes cycling to work and the associated environmental and wellbeing benefits. All Defra employees have access to the Government Cycle 2 Work scheme and have had opportunities to attend Bike Dr events and roadshows at over 60 Defra locations across the UK. Defra has seen an increase in take up of the scheme by 25% since 2015. Both the scheme and events are provided at no cost to Defra.</p><p> </p><p>Defra does not have any bonus schemes for bicycle use.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 04/10/2019 10:01:27 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies