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1659883

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2023
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what the value of the full Basic State Pension weekly payment in 2023–24 would be if the pension had been tied only to average earnings since 2010, rather than the triple lock.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL10017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The full weekly amount of Basic State Pension would have been worth £138.05 in 2023-24 if it had been uprated by earnings, rather than the Triple Lock.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 20/09/2023 13:41:06 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1402055

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2022
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to address the issue of new state pension claimants waiting weeks or months for their pension payments to start; and whether everyone reaching state pension age is now being paid their state pension on time.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL5287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>We have deployed significant additional resource into the processing of new State Pension claims, the payment of which was particularly affected by the impact of the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, all claims received by DWP for UK State Pension should be paid on time, other than for those customers where further information is required, or evidence is awaited. State Pension is paid in arrears and, in most instances, the first payment will be due four weeks after the customer’s 66<sup>th</sup> Birthday.</p><p /> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 25/01/2022 15:58:56 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1358874

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2021
	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	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government for each of the past ten years, how many (1) women, and (2) men, have had their state pension reduced owing to the death of a partner.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL2990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not normally held as part of normal business and cannot be provided as this would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 21/10/2021 13:53:54 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1333879

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2021
	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	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to contact all people aged over 80 who are receiving less than the basic State Pension of £82.45 per week, including those receiving no State Pension, so they can be paid their entitlement.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL1034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2021 answer text <p>We encourage everyone to apply for the support they are entitled to. Information on how to make a claim can be found on GOV.UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The correction activity, which started on 11 January 2021, is identifying people over age 80 who may have been underpaid Category D State Pension in accordance with the law.</p><p> </p><p>The law, which has been in place under successive governments, is that anyone who is not getting any State Pension when they reach age 80, is required to make a claim to get Category D State Pension (Social Security Administration Act 1992 (Section 1)). There is information on how to make a claim on GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 16/06/2021 14:27:53 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1333881

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2021
	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	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have identified why the Pensions Service helpline has been giving incorrect advice to women whose State Pension payments were too low about the accuracy of their payments; and what steps they are taking to improve the quality of the advice offered by the helpline.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL1036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2021 answer text <p>The Department strives every day to deliver the highest possible customer service to millions of people we support.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to comment on substantive assertions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Department staff receive comprehensive training to ensure that they provide customers with accurate information. If a customer feels that we may have given inaccurate information, we will investigate this thoroughly.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is delivering enhanced training for all staff dealing with State Pension cases and we have ensured that all staff, including our partner G4S, have updated lines to take when handling calls from customers.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 16/06/2021 14:26:56 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1314695

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	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	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 27 April (HL14861), whether the statistics provided include those aged over 80 who received no State Pension; and, if not, as of March 2021 how many (1) women, and (2) men, living in the UK aged over 80 were receiving no State Pension.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>I can confirm that the figures provided in HL14861 only include those aged over 80 that are currently in receipt of a State Pension.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold the information to answer how many individuals are not in receipt of State Pension.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 20/05/2021 14:23:14 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1308728

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2021
	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	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) women, and (2) men, over the age of 80 living in the UK received less than £80.45 a week in state pension in the past year.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL14861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>As of March 2021, there were 15,739 women, and 5,354 men living in the UK that were aged 80 or over and in receipt of a State Pension of less than £80.45.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 27/04/2021 14:15:23 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann