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720843

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	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 estimate he has made of the number of women born in the 1950s affected by the change in the state pension age who have access to an occupational or private pension.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	70331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>All women born in the 1950s from 6 April 1950 onwards are affected by changes to State Pension age under the Pensions Acts of 1995 and 2011. The estimated number of women in Great Britain born in the 1950s affected by the changes to State Pension age is 3.48 million.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures on pension wealth, from the Wealth and Assets Survey, show that, in the period July 2012 to June 2014, 66 per cent of women aged 55-64 in Great Britain had pensions wealth. This would include those still paying into an occupational or personal pension and those accessing their pensions.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on private pension wealth can be found in chapter 6 of the Wealth and Assets Survey, at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/compendium/wealthingreatbritainwave4/2012to2014/chapter6privatepensionwealthwealthingreatbritain2012to2014" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/compendium/wealthingreatbritainwave4/2012to2014/chapter6privatepensionwealthwealthingreatbritain2012to2014</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest figures from the Annual Population Survey, from July 2015 to June 2016, show that, of the 3.73 million women in the United Kingdom aged 56 to 65 inclusive at that time (the closest age grouping matching the women in question from the data available), 1,919,000 (51%) were in employment, 55,000 (1%) were unemployed, 955,000 (26%) were retired, and the remaining 806,000 (22%) were economically inactive for other reasons.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures on Jobseeker’s Allowance are for March 2017, when there were around 34,000 women in Great Britain aged 55 and over in receipt of Jobseeker’s Allowance. These data can be found at: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A small additional number of women in this age group will instead have been in receipt of Universal Credit, which replaces Jobseeker’s Allowance and five other benefits and tax credits.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 70332 question first answered 24/04/2017 12:05:30 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

720844

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	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 estimate he has made of the number of women born in the 1950s affected by the change in state pension age who (a) have remained in employment, (b) are registered for and in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and (c) have retired early.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	70332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>All women born in the 1950s from 6 April 1950 onwards are affected by changes to State Pension age under the Pensions Acts of 1995 and 2011. The estimated number of women in Great Britain born in the 1950s affected by the changes to State Pension age is 3.48 million.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures on pension wealth, from the Wealth and Assets Survey, show that, in the period July 2012 to June 2014, 66 per cent of women aged 55-64 in Great Britain had pensions wealth. This would include those still paying into an occupational or personal pension and those accessing their pensions.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on private pension wealth can be found in chapter 6 of the Wealth and Assets Survey, at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/compendium/wealthingreatbritainwave4/2012to2014/chapter6privatepensionwealthwealthingreatbritain2012to2014" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/compendium/wealthingreatbritainwave4/2012to2014/chapter6privatepensionwealthwealthingreatbritain2012to2014</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest figures from the Annual Population Survey, from July 2015 to June 2016, show that, of the 3.73 million women in the United Kingdom aged 56 to 65 inclusive at that time (the closest age grouping matching the women in question from the data available), 1,919,000 (51%) were in employment, 55,000 (1%) were unemployed, 955,000 (26%) were retired, and the remaining 806,000 (22%) were economically inactive for other reasons.</p><p> </p><p>The latest figures on Jobseeker’s Allowance are for March 2017, when there were around 34,000 women in Great Britain aged 55 and over in receipt of Jobseeker’s Allowance. These data can be found at: <a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p>A small additional number of women in this age group will instead have been in receipt of Universal Credit, which replaces Jobseeker’s Allowance and five other benefits and tax credits.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 70331 question first answered 24/04/2017 12:05:30 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

715806

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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	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 assessment he has made of the effect of planned increases in minimum contributions on the level of automatic enrolment opt-outs.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	70109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment is a programme that is working: 7.5 million individuals have already been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension by over 464,000 employers. Due to lower than expected opt-outs the opt-out assumption over the duration of the programme has been revised from 28% to 15%. We continue to monitor the position as roll-out continues.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/04/2017 15:30:31 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

715807

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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	Carers: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the trends in the number of carers withdrawing their private pensions before reaching state pension age.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	70110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The government does not hold data on the number of carers withdrawing their private pensions to access the pension freedoms. The introduction of the pension freedoms offered individuals more choice on how to manage their financial affairs. The Government believes that in general people should be trusted to make their own choices about how to use their pension savings in later life - that includes access due to caring or ill health.</p><p> </p><p>Many people with caring responsibilities can and do balance work and care, and this helps them plan for and boost their retirement income, and maintain wellbeing in later life. In recognition Government is working to ensure that adult carers can be supported to remain in and return to work. For example Government is working with stakeholders on a Carers Strategy to strengthen the support that is available to carers and has ensured that carers are central to its reforms to care and support with stronger rights in the Care Act 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Through its recent Fuller Working Lives Strategy and its Work, Health and Disability Green Paper, the government has set out to ensure that wherever possible people with health conditions can be supported to remain in and return to work. This is good for both their finances, health and wellbeing. People who are unable to work and who are in receipt of certain welfare benefits will receive National Insurance credits to ensure they continue to build up Qualifying Years for their State Pension.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with industry bodies, consumer representatives, the Treasury, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Pensions Regulator to interpret emerging research and data findings, and actively monitoring the market to understand the choices that consumers are making and identify emerging concerns.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 70182 question first answered 18/04/2017 16:39:45 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

711480

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Respiratory System: Diseases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library the (a) number and (b) proportion of admissions by Black and minority ethnic groups for all respiratory conditions by clinical commissioning group area in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	68071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is attached.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 24/03/2017 13:04:41 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat attachment 1 file name PQ68071 - Alex Cunningham - respiratory conditions BME groups DATA.xlsx title BME respiratory conditions by CCG
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

709438

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many wind turbines were installed in the (a) Irish Sea, (b) North Sea and (c) English Channel in each year between 2006-07 and 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	67119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on annual turbine installation rates.</p><p>However, Wind Europe’s “<em>The European Offshore Wind Industry, key trends and statistics 2016</em>” records that, at the end of 2016, the UK had a total of 1,472 turbines installed and connected across 28 windfarms.</p><p>The details can be found at <a href="https://windeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/files/about-wind/statistics/WindEurope-Annual-Offshore-Statistics-2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://windeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/files/about-wind/statistics/WindEurope-Annual-Offshore-Statistics-2016.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Rampion project is in the process of installing the first turbines in the English Channel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/03/2017 17:54:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

709439

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many (a) directly employed and (b) contractor employees there were in the offshore wind industry in each year between 2006-07 and 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	67098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not collate this data on an annual basis. However, the industry currently supports around 13,700 jobs in the UK (7,900 direct and 5,800 indirect) with GVA* of £1 billion (£600m direct and £400m indirect).</p><p> </p><p><em>Source: “The size and performance of the UK low-carbon economy”, BIS, March 2015, </em><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-economy-size-and-performance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-economy-size-and-performance</a></em></p><p><em>*Gross Value Added</em></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/03/2017 18:01:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

708438

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pensions: Misrepresentation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of pension freedom reforms on the (a) current and (b) future number of complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service about retirement product mis-selling.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	66609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has made no recent assessment of the current and future number of complaints to the Financial Ombudsman Service about retirement product mis-selling.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2016 the Financial Conduct Authority launched the Retirement Outcomes Review to look at how firms and consumers have responded to the new freedoms. This will include looking at how firms engage with their customers following the pension freedom reform, and what impact this has on consumer decision-making.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 14/03/2017 16:37:34 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

693864

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Pension Rights: Cohabitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the judgment of the Supreme Court of 8 February 2017, in the matter of an application by Denise Brewster for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2017] UKSC8.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	65240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2017 answer text <p>The government is considering the Brewster judgment and the impact it has on public service pension schemes. The government will work with these pension schemes to understand what changes, if any, will need to be made.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/03/2017 10:09:08 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

693296

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons his Department has not yet set a date for publication of the Tobacco Control Plan.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	65059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>The United Kingdom is a world leader in tobacco control and we need to maintain our proactive evidence-led approach. It is important that we take the time we need to review the evidence and ensure the plan offers the best possible strategy.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 01/03/2017 11:23:29 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham