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669680

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	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 recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people saving into a pension scheme as a result of auto-enrolment.
	tabling member constituency	Amber Valley
	tabling member printed	Nigel Mills
	uin	908074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment will give around 11 million people the opportunity to save into a workplace pension. We expect around 10 million people to be newly saving or saving more by 2018. Figures released on 13 December by the Pensions Regulator show that over 7 million people have now been automatically enrolled by more than 341,000 employers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 09/01/2017 16:45:51 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4136 label Biography information for Nigel Mills

669681

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	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 recent estimate his Department has made of the number of people saving into a pension scheme as a result of auto-enrolment.
	tabling member constituency	Boston and Skegness
	tabling member printed	Matt Warman
	uin	908072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment will give around 11 million people the opportunity to save into a workplace pension. We expect around 10 million people to be newly saving or saving more by 2018. Figures released on 13 December by the Pensions Regulator show that over 7 million people have now been automatically enrolled by more than 341,000 employers.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 09/01/2017 16:40:42 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4361 label Biography information for Matt Warman

660177

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2016
	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	Pension Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans his Department has to abolish the Savings Credit element of Pension Credit.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
	uin	58055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to abolish the Savings Credit element of Pension Credit. It remains available to those whose State Pension age was on or before 5 April 2016, and who are aged 65 or over.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 09/01/2017 12:14:59 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

669685

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	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 recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on improving pension transition arrangements for women born in the 1950s.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	Mr David Hanson
	uin	908079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that the introduction of further transitional arrangements cannot be justified, given the imperative to focus public resources on helping those who are most in need.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to go beyond the £1.1 billion concession introduced when Parliament considered the changes.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 09/01/2017 16:38:52 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

663047

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2016
	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	Pension Protection Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many representations he has received on the effect of the Pension Protection Fund Levy on retail co-operatives; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	58436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is an independent body which pays compensation to members of defined benefit occupational pension schemes where the sponsoring employer becomes insolvent and the scheme is unable to cover the accrued pension liabilities. The PPF is funded from a combination of the transferred scheme funds, recoveries from the insolvent employer, investment return and a levy on eligible schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Pensions Act 2004, the levy is set by the PPF independently of the Government.</p><p>I have received one letter regarding the impact of the Pension Protection Fund levy on retail co-operatives, which I referred to the PPF for a reply.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 09/01/2017 15:53:46 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas