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date	18/01/2024
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: Women
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will take steps to ensure that women who are (a) self-employed and (b) earn less than £10,000 per year have access to workplace pensions.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	10459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment (AE) has helped millions more women to save into a pension, with pension participation rates among eligible women in the private sector rising from 40% in 2012 to 87% in 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to build on the success of AE and is making progress on implementing the measures as set out in the 2017 review. The Pensions (Extension of Automatic Enrolment) Act 2023 was introduced into Parliament with government support and provides the necessary powers.</p><p> </p><p>Once implemented, the measures will disproportionately increase the pension saving of lower earners; a woman working part-time earning National Living Wage could see her pension almost double as a result when saving over her career.</p><p> </p><p>The AE framework cannot be straightforwardly extended to people who are self-employed, as there is no employer to enrol them into a scheme; select a scheme or make contributions.</p><p> </p><p>The department is currently working with research partners to explore the feasibility of building and testing retirement savings solutions in digital platforms. This includes accountancy software and payment platforms, used by self-employed people to manage their money.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/01/2024 10:48:24 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

1329804

registered interest
date	04/06/2021
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	Tribunals: Coronavirus
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 HM Court and Tribunals Service on the restart of face to face tribunals.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	10459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2021 answer text <p>Face to face appeal hearings have restarted. Decisions on whether appeal hearings are to be done face to face are made by tribunal judges based on the appellant’s circumstances and/or the nature of the decision under appeal.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/06/2021 15:53:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1174904

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
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	Employment Tribunals Service: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of recording whether a women who is making a claim at employment tribunal for the purpose of (a) her Department being able to provide more support and (b) workplace equality is pregnant.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Morgan
uin	10459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>Cases of pregnancy and maternity discrimination are recorded. When submitting an Employment Tribunal Claim Form (ET1), a claimant is required to specify the details of the case. This involves stating whether they have been discriminated against, including on the grounds of pregnancy and maternity.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of sources of support for pregnant women seeking to take a claim to an employment tribunal.</p><p> </p><p>Acas (Advisory, Conciliation, and Arbitration Service) provides free and impartial information and advice to employees on all aspects of workplace relations and employment law. It produces advice and guidance on discrimination, bullying and harassment and has specific content covering pregnancy and maternity.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, anyone who believes that they may have suffered from discrimination or had their human rights infringed can access the EASS helpline, which offers bespoke advice to clients to help them understand their rights and the resolution options that are open to them.</p><p> </p><p>Legal aid is available for legal advice and representation for cases alleging unlawful discrimination, harassment or victimisation under the Equality Act 2010, or a previous discrimination enactment, which can arise in a variety of contexts – for example, consumer, education or employment matters. Legal aid for cases of this type must usually first be sought through the Civil Legal Advice (CLA) telephone gateway, before being referred onwards for face-to-face advice.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is determined to do more to promote workplace equality. That is why we committed to introduce measures in an Employment Bill to extend redundancy protections to better prevent pregnancy and maternity discrimination.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 04/02/2020 15:46:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

760169

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many civil servants in his Department are part of the Government Commercial Function; and how many of those civil servants have been seconded (a) outside the Government and (b) in from outside the Government in each year since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	10459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>There are no staff at the Wales Office who are part of the Government Commercial Function.</p><p>The Wales Office obtains any commercial expertise required from the Ministry of Justice or Crown Commercial Services.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 09/10/2017 11:49:22 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett