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1064177

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	General Practitioners: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the numbers of GPs who have left the NHS pension scheme aged between (1) 50 and 55, and (2) 55 and 59, years old in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, and (d) 2018.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL13824
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The information is not collected in the format requested and to obtain it would incur disproportionate cost. The NHS Pension Scheme is administered by the NHS Business Services Authority, who do not collect data on the number of retirements in the specific age groups requested.</p><p> </p><p>General practitioners (GPs) may leave the scheme for various reasons, such as claiming a pension on normal age grounds at or beyond normal pension age, claiming a pension early on ill-health grounds, claiming a pension on voluntary early retirement grounds, or opting out of the scheme. Information is not currently available on the number of GPs who have opted out of the scheme disaggregated from broader scheme membership.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 05/03/2019 14:38:21 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1064576

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Taxation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of senior NHS medical staff who have received tax demands for exceeding their Annual Allowance in tax years (1) 2015–16, (2) 2016–17 and (3) 2017–18; and what estimate they have made of the number of such staff who may receive such demands in the 2018–19 tax year.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL13895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the number of senior medical staff who have received an annual allowance charge. For this reason, no estimate has been made of charges for members in 2018-19. The annual allowance takes into account all of an individual’s pension savings, excluding the State Pension, and NHS Pension Scheme members may have pension savings independent of the NHS Pension Scheme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 06/03/2019 16:02:58 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1135681

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Continuing Care: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of applications received for NHS Continuing Healthcare Funding in England in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL16774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The following table provides the total number of referrals received for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) for both Standard and Fast Track NHS CHC, for the years 2016/17 to 2018/19.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Number of Referrals Received</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Standard NHS CHC</p></td><td><p>Fast Track</p></td><td><p>Total NHS CHC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>76,945</p></td><td><p>88,420</p></td><td><p>165,365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>75,322</p></td><td><p>94,175</p></td><td><p>169,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>73,475</p></td><td><p>97,273</p></td><td><p>170,748</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>NHS England collects and publishes data regarding the number of referrals completed, and of those, how many were assessed as eligible (as a percentage). A table showing these figures is attached due to the size of the data. The percentage of referrals agreed as eligible is based on the number of referrals ‘completed’ (rather than ‘referrals received’). Pre 2017/18 data did not use this counting methodology and therefore is not comparable. 2016/17 figures have therefore not been included.</p><p>The NHS CHC appeals process consists of clinical commissioning group local resolution and NHS England Independent Review. It is not possible to provide data on cases found eligible at local review or Independent Review as a percentage of applications initially assessed as not eligible.</p><p>We do not hold information on the percentage of NHS CHC referrals which were assessed as eligible within the requested time periods. NHS England does, however, hold information on the percentage of referrals completed within 28 days, and the latest annual information on this is included in the following table. This relates to Standard NHS CHC and not Fast Track NHS CHC.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>% referrals within 28 days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Standard NHS CHC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Referrals completed</p></td><td><p>Referrals completed in 28 days</p></td><td><p>% completed in 28 days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>76,803</p></td><td><p>53,504</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL16775 HL16776 HL16777 question first answered 15/07/2019 10:21:24 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name HL16774 data table formatted.docx title NHS CHC Referrals completed
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1135682

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Continuing Care: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of applications for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding in England were accepted in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL16775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The following table provides the total number of referrals received for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) for both Standard and Fast Track NHS CHC, for the years 2016/17 to 2018/19.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Number of Referrals Received</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Standard NHS CHC</p></td><td><p>Fast Track</p></td><td><p>Total NHS CHC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>76,945</p></td><td><p>88,420</p></td><td><p>165,365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>75,322</p></td><td><p>94,175</p></td><td><p>169,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>73,475</p></td><td><p>97,273</p></td><td><p>170,748</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>NHS England collects and publishes data regarding the number of referrals completed, and of those, how many were assessed as eligible (as a percentage). A table showing these figures is attached due to the size of the data. The percentage of referrals agreed as eligible is based on the number of referrals ‘completed’ (rather than ‘referrals received’). Pre 2017/18 data did not use this counting methodology and therefore is not comparable. 2016/17 figures have therefore not been included.</p><p>The NHS CHC appeals process consists of clinical commissioning group local resolution and NHS England Independent Review. It is not possible to provide data on cases found eligible at local review or Independent Review as a percentage of applications initially assessed as not eligible.</p><p>We do not hold information on the percentage of NHS CHC referrals which were assessed as eligible within the requested time periods. NHS England does, however, hold information on the percentage of referrals completed within 28 days, and the latest annual information on this is included in the following table. This relates to Standard NHS CHC and not Fast Track NHS CHC.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>% referrals within 28 days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Standard NHS CHC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Referrals completed</p></td><td><p>Referrals completed in 28 days</p></td><td><p>% completed in 28 days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>76,803</p></td><td><p>53,504</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL16774 HL16776 HL16777 question first answered 15/07/2019 10:21:24 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name HL16774 data table formatted.docx title NHS CHC Referrals completed
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1135683

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Continuing Care: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of rejected applications for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding in England were then granted on (1) first, and (2) second, appeal in each of the last three years.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL16776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The following table provides the total number of referrals received for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) for both Standard and Fast Track NHS CHC, for the years 2016/17 to 2018/19.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Number of Referrals Received</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Standard NHS CHC</p></td><td><p>Fast Track</p></td><td><p>Total NHS CHC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>76,945</p></td><td><p>88,420</p></td><td><p>165,365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>75,322</p></td><td><p>94,175</p></td><td><p>169,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>73,475</p></td><td><p>97,273</p></td><td><p>170,748</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>NHS England collects and publishes data regarding the number of referrals completed, and of those, how many were assessed as eligible (as a percentage). A table showing these figures is attached due to the size of the data. The percentage of referrals agreed as eligible is based on the number of referrals ‘completed’ (rather than ‘referrals received’). Pre 2017/18 data did not use this counting methodology and therefore is not comparable. 2016/17 figures have therefore not been included.</p><p>The NHS CHC appeals process consists of clinical commissioning group local resolution and NHS England Independent Review. It is not possible to provide data on cases found eligible at local review or Independent Review as a percentage of applications initially assessed as not eligible.</p><p>We do not hold information on the percentage of NHS CHC referrals which were assessed as eligible within the requested time periods. NHS England does, however, hold information on the percentage of referrals completed within 28 days, and the latest annual information on this is included in the following table. This relates to Standard NHS CHC and not Fast Track NHS CHC.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>% referrals within 28 days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Standard NHS CHC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Referrals completed</p></td><td><p>Referrals completed in 28 days</p></td><td><p>% completed in 28 days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>76,803</p></td><td><p>53,504</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL16774 HL16775 HL16777 question first answered 15/07/2019 10:21:24 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name HL16774 data table formatted.docx title NHS CHC Referrals completed
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1135684

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Continuing Care: Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of applications for NHS Continuing Healthcare funding in England were accepted (1) within less than one month, (2) within less than three months, (3) within three to six months, (4) within six to 12 months, and (5) after 12 months, of the date of application.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL16777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The following table provides the total number of referrals received for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) for both Standard and Fast Track NHS CHC, for the years 2016/17 to 2018/19.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Number of Referrals Received</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Standard NHS CHC</p></td><td><p>Fast Track</p></td><td><p>Total NHS CHC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>76,945</p></td><td><p>88,420</p></td><td><p>165,365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>75,322</p></td><td><p>94,175</p></td><td><p>169,497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>73,475</p></td><td><p>97,273</p></td><td><p>170,748</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>NHS England collects and publishes data regarding the number of referrals completed, and of those, how many were assessed as eligible (as a percentage). A table showing these figures is attached due to the size of the data. The percentage of referrals agreed as eligible is based on the number of referrals ‘completed’ (rather than ‘referrals received’). Pre 2017/18 data did not use this counting methodology and therefore is not comparable. 2016/17 figures have therefore not been included.</p><p>The NHS CHC appeals process consists of clinical commissioning group local resolution and NHS England Independent Review. It is not possible to provide data on cases found eligible at local review or Independent Review as a percentage of applications initially assessed as not eligible.</p><p>We do not hold information on the percentage of NHS CHC referrals which were assessed as eligible within the requested time periods. NHS England does, however, hold information on the percentage of referrals completed within 28 days, and the latest annual information on this is included in the following table. This relates to Standard NHS CHC and not Fast Track NHS CHC.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>% referrals within 28 days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Period</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Standard NHS CHC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Referrals completed</p></td><td><p>Referrals completed in 28 days</p></td><td><p>% completed in 28 days</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>76,803</p></td><td><p>53,504</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL16774 HL16775 HL16776 question first answered 15/07/2019 10:21:24 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford attachment 1 file name HL16774 data table formatted.docx title NHS CHC Referrals completed
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1142432

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	NHS: Pensions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to compensate senior NHS staff who have inadvertently exceeded the tapered annual pensions allowance.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL17506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2019 answer text <p>For the majority of people, their pension contributions are tax-free. This makes pensions tax relief one of the most expensive reliefs in the personal tax system. The reforms to the lifetime and annual allowance made in the previous two parliaments are expected to save over £6 billion per year and are necessary to deliver a fair system and protect public finances. Less than 1% of pension savers will have to reduce their saving or face an annual allowance charge as a result of the tapered annual allowance.</p><p>While there are no plans to compensate senior National Health Service staff who exceed their tax-free pension savings allowances, the Scheme Pays facility is there to assist NHS Pension Scheme members who breach the annual allowance, and allows them to settle their lifetime and annual allowance charges without making an upfront payment. The Scheme Pays facility was recently extended to cover tax charges of any amount and those arising from the tapered annual allowance.</p><p>The Government has launched a full public consultation setting out proposals to make the NHS Pension Scheme more flexible for clinicians, to give them more control over their pension growth and tax liabilities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 06/08/2019 15:06:30 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1002198

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 31 October (HL10751), what assessment they have made of the obligations on (1) employers, and (2) pension schemes to report failures to pay correct contributions, regardless of whether the errors are large or small; and whether there is a definition of what contributes a material error.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL11219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Government has put in place a robust, proportionate, compliance framework for automatic enrolment which ensures that the vast majority of employers are meeting their legal duties, including: declaring compliance, accurately paying contributions and passing contributions to their chosen pension scheme. This framework is backed by statutory powers which enable the Regulator to compel compliance with the law.</p><p>Employers, trustees, managers and providers must keep records including details of the pension contributions payable in each relevant pay reference period by an employer to the scheme, and the amount payable. This includes the contributions due on the employer’s behalf and deductions made from an individual’s earnings.</p><p>The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published codes of practice on its website setting out how trustees of defined contribution pension schemes and managers of personal pension schemes should monitor the payment of contributions, provide information to help members check their contributions and report material payment failures to TPR. The codes set out what is considered a material breach, specifically: paragraphs 173 and 174 of Code 3; paragraphs 46 and 47 of Code 5; paragraphs 48 and 49 of Code 6; and paragraphs 173 to 186 of Code 14.</p><p>In addition, TPR publishes regular assessments of its automatic enrolment compliance and enforcement activities as well as an annual commentary and analysis report, both of which are available on its website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL11220 HL11221 HL11222 question first answered 12/11/2018 16:59:44 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1002199

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of auto-enrolment pension contributions which are incorrect.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL11220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Government has put in place a robust, proportionate, compliance framework for automatic enrolment which ensures that the vast majority of employers are meeting their legal duties, including: declaring compliance, accurately paying contributions and passing contributions to their chosen pension scheme. This framework is backed by statutory powers which enable the Regulator to compel compliance with the law.</p><p>Employers, trustees, managers and providers must keep records including details of the pension contributions payable in each relevant pay reference period by an employer to the scheme, and the amount payable. This includes the contributions due on the employer’s behalf and deductions made from an individual’s earnings.</p><p>The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published codes of practice on its website setting out how trustees of defined contribution pension schemes and managers of personal pension schemes should monitor the payment of contributions, provide information to help members check their contributions and report material payment failures to TPR. The codes set out what is considered a material breach, specifically: paragraphs 173 and 174 of Code 3; paragraphs 46 and 47 of Code 5; paragraphs 48 and 49 of Code 6; and paragraphs 173 to 186 of Code 14.</p><p>In addition, TPR publishes regular assessments of its automatic enrolment compliance and enforcement activities as well as an annual commentary and analysis report, both of which are available on its website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL11219 HL11221 HL11222 question first answered 12/11/2018 16:59:44 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1002200

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2018
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to introduce reporting requirements to monitor accuracy of auto-enrolment pension contribution records on an annual basis; and if so, what those requirements will be.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
	uin	HL11221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Government has put in place a robust, proportionate, compliance framework for automatic enrolment which ensures that the vast majority of employers are meeting their legal duties, including: declaring compliance, accurately paying contributions and passing contributions to their chosen pension scheme. This framework is backed by statutory powers which enable the Regulator to compel compliance with the law.</p><p>Employers, trustees, managers and providers must keep records including details of the pension contributions payable in each relevant pay reference period by an employer to the scheme, and the amount payable. This includes the contributions due on the employer’s behalf and deductions made from an individual’s earnings.</p><p>The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has published codes of practice on its website setting out how trustees of defined contribution pension schemes and managers of personal pension schemes should monitor the payment of contributions, provide information to help members check their contributions and report material payment failures to TPR. The codes set out what is considered a material breach, specifically: paragraphs 173 and 174 of Code 3; paragraphs 46 and 47 of Code 5; paragraphs 48 and 49 of Code 6; and paragraphs 173 to 186 of Code 14.</p><p>In addition, TPR publishes regular assessments of its automatic enrolment compliance and enforcement activities as well as an annual commentary and analysis report, both of which are available on its website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL11219 HL11220 HL11222 question first answered 12/11/2018 16:59:44 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann