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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

710662

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2017
	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	State Retirement Pensions: EEA Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with the Department for Exiting the European Union on the future of the state pensions top-up scheme for which European Economic Area citizens are currently eligible.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	67514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The State Pension top up scheme is open for applications until 5 April 2017. Once the contribution has been made, the individual’s State Pension payment is increased. UK State Pensions are payable worldwide but they are uprated abroad only where there is a legal requirement to do so. The reciprocal rights and entitlements that will apply following the UK’s exit from the EU are subject to the wider negotiations on our future relationship with the EU. We have not yet begun these negotiations, so it is not possible to set out any positions in advance.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 21/03/2017 14:26:18 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

711832

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2017
	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 progress has been made by his Department on helping members of the plumbing and mechanical services industry pension scheme to manage their employment liabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	68247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The Green Paper “Security and Sustainability of defined benefit pension schemes” asks if new measures are needed to help schemes like the Plumbers manage pension liabilities. This is a highly complex area and the Green Paper seeks to start an informed debate and build consensus on what, if any, changes to legislation may be needed.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 21/03/2017 13:54:25 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

732344

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2017
	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	Carrington Power Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has received representations from Duro Felguero UK Ltd on the payment of contractors involved in the construction of Carrington Power Station.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Department was made aware in early April that Duro Felguera’s UK subsidiary had gone into liquidation. Officials were in touch with Duro Felguera at that time to ascertain the situation, but it is the role of the appointed liquidator to secure the best result for the creditors. A creditors’ meeting was held on April 12<sup>th</sup>.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 29/06/2017 14:56:40 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

712528

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	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 progress his Department has made on behalf of DEC, Compaq and Hewlett Packard pensioners with pre-1997 pension contributions in resolving their case.
	tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
	tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
	uin	68483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>I have met senior representatives from the company to present the pensioners’ arguments and make clear my interest in the matter.</p><p> </p><p>However, the company is meeting its legal obligations.</p><p> </p><p>Any increases to pensions in payment are likely to mean significant additional expenditure for any scheme and its sponsoring employer. Therefore, the Government has no plans to require all schemes to pay increases on pre-1997 pensions.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 23/03/2017 15:45:31 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

673616

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2017
	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	Plumbing: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress has been made as a result of consultations on section 75 pensions liabilities for small plumbing partnerships.
	tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
	tabling member printed	John Mann
	uin	60108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>Following a Call for Evidence we are exploring alternative methods to help small employers in multi-employer schemes manage section 75 employer debts with a view to consulting on proposals in due course.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/01/2017 15:26:14 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

724237

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2017
	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	Carer's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he plans to make carer's allowance available to carers in receipt of a state pension.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
	uin	71855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Where a carer's State Pension is less than Carer's Allowance, State Pension is paid and topped up with Carer's Allowance to the basic weekly rate of Carer's Allowance, which is currently £62.70 a week.</p><p> </p><p>However, where the State Pension paid is higher than £62.70, social security rules operate to prevent Carer’s Allowance and State Pension being paid together, since they are designed to meet the same need i.e. to help maintain income. Paying both benefits together would represent duplicate provision. The relevant legislation is The Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 (regulation 4), which can be found at <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/597/pdfs/uksi_19790597_290216_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/597/pdfs/uksi_19790597_290216_en.pdf</a></p><p><br>Where Carer’s Allowance cannot be paid, the person will keep underlying entitlement to the benefit. This gives access to the additional amount for carers in Pension Credit, worth up to £34.95 a week, and even if a pensioner’s income is above the limit for Pension Credit, he or she may still be able to receive Housing Benefit.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 27/04/2017 08:36:09 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

710653

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2017
	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	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 is taking to ensure that pension providers simplify, expedite and ensure the security of transfer between providers.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	67606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>I strongly support the principle of more efficient transfers between pension schemes. This will give consumers greater choice and flexibility. Whilst many members experience pension transfers in fewer than 20 days, I am aware that transfer practice is not uniformly good – some schemes are making the process unnecessarily complex, and some transfers are taking longer than they should. I continue to monitor options to improve this.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator has issued guidance for schemes on standards, including how transfers can be processed promptly and accurately without exposing savers to a greater risk of pension scams – this includes the use of electronic platforms and standardised documentation wherever it is practical to do so. The Regulator is continuing to monitor performance, and aims to set out further guidance about its expectations later in the Spring.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, my Department and the Financial Conduct Authority have given pension schemes and providers a statutory duty to report on the promptness and accuracy with which they carry out certain core financial transactions, including transfers.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 21/03/2017 14:39:08 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

705735

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2017
	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: 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 assessment he has made of the effect on UK retirees living in other EU countries and receiving a state pension based on the triple lock of the UK leaving the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	65725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The reciprocal rights and entitlements that will apply following the UK’s exit are subject to the wider negotiation on our future relationship with the EU. We have not yet begun these negotiations, so it is not possible to set out any positions in advance.</p><p> </p><p>At every step of this negotiation we will seek to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people, at home and overseas.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 02/03/2017 15:42:19 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

706840

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2017
	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	State Retirement Pensions: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether EU nationals who have made national insurance contributions for 20 years or more will be entitled to a state pension after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	66111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>We want to guarantee the rights of EU citizens who are already living in Britain, and the rights of British nationals in other member states, as early as we can. The Prime Minister has told other EU leaders that we could give people the certainty they want straight away, and reach such a deal now. It remains an important priority for Britain – and for many other member states – to resolve this challenge as soon as possible because it is the right and fair thing to do. We are about to begin these negotiations and it would be wrong to set out further positions in advance.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 06/03/2017 17:44:18 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe