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692441

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make further payments to people affected by regulatory failings at Equitable Life.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	64869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>After making payments of over £1.1billion to more than 900,000 policyholders, the Payment Scheme has now closed. There are no plans to reopen the Payment Scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 24/02/2017 12:09:02 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

691779

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential costs to the public purse of increasing compensation to members of the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	64459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>After making payments of over £1.1billion to more than 900,000 policyholders, the Payment Scheme has now closed. There are no plans to reopen the Payment Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 64460 question first answered 23/02/2017 15:16:33 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

691780

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to reopen the Equitable Life Payment Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	64460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>After making payments of over £1.1billion to more than 900,000 policyholders, the Payment Scheme has now closed. There are no plans to reopen the Payment Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby grouped question UIN 64459 question first answered 23/02/2017 15:16:33 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

673617

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	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants his Department has written to since March 2016 to inform them that they may be affected by changes to the work allowances of universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	60096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>We have contacted around 59,000 Universal Credit claimants. The actual number of claimants affected is expected to be significantly lower.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 23/01/2017 15:00:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

673618

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	Work and Health Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the number of employment coaches of the Work and Health Programme.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	60097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Significant Progress has been made in tackling unemployment, with dramatic falls in the number of people claiming unemployment related benefits, and in long-term unemployment.</p><p>Contracted provision will continue to play a crucial role in offering support at the right time to those who have difficulty accessing the labour market. The Spending Review in October 2015 announced funding rising to at least £130 million a year by 2019/20 for the new Work and Health programme, including funding to be devolved to Scotland. Support will focus on people with a disability, early access for priority groups and the long term unemployed. We expect the majority of people who start the programme to have a disability.</p><p> </p><p>The number of employment coaches and other support required to deliver contracted employment support is a matter for providers. The process to select providers to deliver the Work and Health Programme is at an early stage and we expect potential providers to consider this as part of their service bids</p><p> </p><p>The Work and Health Programme will have no impact on the number of work coaches in</p><p>DWP.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 23/01/2017 14:42:01 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

673619

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	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to announce what changes are required to comply with the terms of the Supreme Court ruling of November 2016 on the under-occupancy penalty.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	60098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department is taking action to make changes to the regulations in order to comply with the terms of the judgment. The Social Security Advisory Committee and Local Authority Associations are being consulted about the changes in the usual way. The Department will also be issuing guidance to Local Authorities ready for when the changes are in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 19/01/2017 16:07:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

654809

registered interest
date	08/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Widow(er)s: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent meetings he has held as part of his Department's review into the Government's policy on compensation for war widows who re-married between 1973 and 2005.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	56722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 12 December 2016 to Questions 56546, 56547 and 56548.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 13/12/2016 16:17:14 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 20161212_56546_War_Widows_Compensation.docx title 56546 - WQnA extract on War Widows Compensation
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

654325

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Widow(er)s: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many war widows who remarried between 1973 and 2005 have been denied compensation.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	56546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>Between 2003 and 2005 a total of 55 War Widows remarried and relinquished their War Widow's pensions. Records between 1996 and 2003 are incomplete but where there are records these show that 97 War Widow's pensions were relinquished during that period. The Department holds no relevant records prior to 1996.</p><p>I remain sympathetic to the circumstances of this group of widows and officials continue to consider potential options and expect that the financial and legal position will be clarified in the new year. The potential options are being dealt with by the policy team that has responsibility for compensation schemes.</p><p>Recent meetings on the subject of reinstatement of War Widow's pensions have included my meeting with Mrs Wills BEM, Chairman of the War Widow's Association of Great Britain, and with the hon. Member for Leeds North West (Mr Mulholland). Officials, on my behalf, met with the South East Fermanagh Foundation and Ulster Defence Regiment widows to discuss this issue.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 56547 56548 question first answered 12/12/2016 17:39:46 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

654326

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Widow(er)s: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officials of his Department are working on potential options for compensation for war widows who remarried between 1973 and 2005.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	56547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>Between 2003 and 2005 a total of 55 War Widows remarried and relinquished their War Widow's pensions. Records between 1996 and 2003 are incomplete but where there are records these show that 97 War Widow's pensions were relinquished during that period. The Department holds no relevant records prior to 1996.</p><p>I remain sympathetic to the circumstances of this group of widows and officials continue to consider potential options and expect that the financial and legal position will be clarified in the new year. The potential options are being dealt with by the policy team that has responsibility for compensation schemes.</p><p>Recent meetings on the subject of reinstatement of War Widow's pensions have included my meeting with Mrs Wills BEM, Chairman of the War Widow's Association of Great Britain, and with the hon. Member for Leeds North West (Mr Mulholland). Officials, on my behalf, met with the South East Fermanagh Foundation and Ulster Defence Regiment widows to discuss this issue.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 56546 56548 question first answered 12/12/2016 17:39:46 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

654327

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	War Widow(er)s: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timescale is for the review of the Government's policy on compensation for war widows who remarried between 1973 and 2005.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	56548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>Between 2003 and 2005 a total of 55 War Widows remarried and relinquished their War Widow's pensions. Records between 1996 and 2003 are incomplete but where there are records these show that 97 War Widow's pensions were relinquished during that period. The Department holds no relevant records prior to 1996.</p><p>I remain sympathetic to the circumstances of this group of widows and officials continue to consider potential options and expect that the financial and legal position will be clarified in the new year. The potential options are being dealt with by the policy team that has responsibility for compensation schemes.</p><p>Recent meetings on the subject of reinstatement of War Widow's pensions have included my meeting with Mrs Wills BEM, Chairman of the War Widow's Association of Great Britain, and with the hon. Member for Leeds North West (Mr Mulholland). Officials, on my behalf, met with the South East Fermanagh Foundation and Ulster Defence Regiment widows to discuss this issue.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 56546 56547 question first answered 12/12/2016 17:39:46 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith