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1486936

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2022
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she will respond to the correspondence of 5 May 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on the bedroom tax, reference ZA59623 .
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	31801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2022 answer text <p>Your letter of 4 May to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities was transferred to this Department. A reply was sent to the hon. Member on behalf of the Secretary of State on 27 June 2022.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/07/2022 16:07:47 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1469292

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2022
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to help ensure the hon. Member for West Lancashire receives a response from the Chief Executive of the Child Maintenance Group to the letter dated 7 March 2022, reference ZA59069, on a child maintenance dispute.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	15714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2022 answer text <p>When DWP receive correspondence from a Member of Parliament, we aim to fully resolve or agree a resolution within 15 working days of receipt. Complex issues may take longer to resolve.</p><p> </p><p>Contact was made with the hon. members office on the 10 June 2022, where it was agreed an update would be provided by 17 June.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/06/2022 15:00:54 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1483560

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	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	Child Maintenance Service: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will assist with obtaining a response from the Director for the Child Maintenance Service to the letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire dated 27 April 2022, reference ZA59581 in relation to a child maintenance issue.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	25781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>When DWP receive correspondence from a Member of Parliament, they aim to fully resolve or agree a resolution within 15 working days of receipt. Complex issues may take longer to resolve.</p><p> </p><p>DWP contacted the hon. Members office on 28 June 2022 confirming a full response will be sent to them within the next 7 days.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 30/06/2022 12:26:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1231263

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2020
	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: Windrush Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on the effect of the frozen pension policy on the livelihoods of members of the Windrush generation.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	84686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues, including the Home Secretary, on a range of issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 08/09/2020 16:53:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1307072

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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	Funeral Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2021 to Question 162619, o Funeral Payments, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the rejection of 47 per cent of applications for the funeral expenses payment in January 2021.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	178930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>In reference to the Answer of 8<sup>th</sup> March 2021 to Question 162619, the following figures were included: In January 2021 there were 3,890 Funeral Expenses Payment applications received, and 2,050 awards paid.</p><p> </p><p>Reasons for this discrepancy are below:</p><ul><li>The figures relate to applications received by DWP, not applications processed. Some applications may have been withdrawn before a decision was made.</li><li>Applications received aren’t always processed in the same month in which they are received. The clearance standards for average actuals clearance times for Funeral Expenses Payments are 13 days. An application made in January 2021 might not have been awarded until February 2021.</li><li>The number of applications made is not equal to the number of people who made applications, as individuals may make multiple applications in a given time period.</li><li>Differences between any comparisons made of applications received, initial decisions, awards and initial refusals are due to applications being withdrawn; applicants rejecting or not responding to loan offers; and decisions outstanding at the time of the count.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We publish application success rate in Annex 1 of the Social Fund Annual Report. The latest available is the 2018/19 report:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-fund-annual-report-2018-to-2019/social-fund-annual-report-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-fund-annual-report-2018-to-2019/social-fund-annual-report-2018-to-2019</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2021 12:26:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1172012

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2020
	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: West Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in West Lancashire constituency have (a) opted out after being auto-enrolled into a workplace pension and (b) saved more than the auto-enrolment minimum contribution.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	5365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has achieved a quiet revolution through getting employees into the habit of pension saving. It has reversed the decline in workplace pension participation seen in the decade prior to its introduction. Since automatic enrolment started in 2012 participation rates have been transformed with 87% of eligible employees saving into a workplace pension in 2018, up from 55% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for individual constituencies in relation to opt outs or the number of individuals who have saved above the automatic enrolment minimum contribution level. However, we do know that overall around 9% of automatically enrolled workers have chosen to opt out which is significantly below original estimates; and our latest evaluation report shows that, in April 2017, approximately 5.9 million eligible employees were already meeting the April 2019 minimum contribution rates.</p><p> </p><p>I am providing the following information about the impact of automatic enrolment in your constituency, as of December 2019:</p><p> </p><p>In the West Lancashire constituency, since 2012, approximately 16,000 eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled and 1,710 employers have met their duties.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic Enrolment Evaluation Report 2018, available via the following weblink: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/764964/Automatic_Enrolment_Evaluation_Report_2018.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator’s data on Automatic enrolment declaration of compliance by constituency, available via the following weblink:</p><p><a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests" target="_blank">https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/research-and-analysis/data-requests</a></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/01/2020 11:28:58 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1177980

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	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	Pensioners: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to Age UK's briefing entitled Poverty in later life, published September 2019, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the rise in pensioner poverty.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	1232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2020 answer text <p>As a result of the triple lock, from April 2020 (subject to Parliamentary approval) the full yearly amount of the basic State Pension will be around £700 higher than if it had been just up-rated by earnings, since April 2010. From April 2020, the Standard Minimum Guarantee in Pension Credit will increase by average earnings. This is the equivalent of over £2,100 per year higher in cash terms for single people, and over £3,200 per year higher in cash terms for couples than it was in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to action that helps to alleviate levels of pensioner poverty. There are 100,000 fewer pensioners in absolute poverty (before housing costs) than in 2009/10. Rates of material deprivation for pensioners are also at a record low. Since 2009/10 material deprivation for pensioners has fallen from 10% to 7% in 2017/18, and in 2019/20 the Government will spend around £100 billion on the State Pension.</p><p> </p><p>1.6 million people are already claiming around £5.4 billion in Pension Credit. The Government wants to make sure that all pensioners eligible can claim the Pension Credit to which they are entitled. That is why on the 10 February 2020 we launched a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of Pension Credit and encourage those over State Pension age to check whether they are eligible.</p><p> </p><p>To assist customers to prepare for retirement, the Government has introduced a number of initiatives including the launch of the online mid-life MOT page <a href="https://www.yourpension.gov.uk/mid-life-mot/" target="_blank">https://www.yourpension.gov.uk/mid-life-mot/</a> which provides guidance on how to obtain the right information to plan for retirement.</p><p> </p><p>The employer led strategy on fuller working lives <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/587654/fuller-working-lives-a-partnership-approach.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/587654/fuller-working-lives-a-partnership-approach.pdf</a> aims to maximise the labour market opportunities for people to earn and save for longer reducing the risk of poverty once they have retired permanently from the labour market.</p><p> </p><p>We are also committed to enabling more people to save while they are working, so that they can enjoy greater security and independence when they retire. Automatic enrolment into workplace pensions has succeeded in transforming workplace pension saving for millions of today’s workers. Participation in workplace pension saving rose from 55 per cent in 2012 to 87 per cent of eligible employees in 2018, showing the positive impact of the workplace pension reforms.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/02/2020 13:41:13 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1256686

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2020
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that the Child Maintenance Group replies to the letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, of 2 September 2020, on a constituent's child maintenance account, ref za53161.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	122641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>A substantive reply was sent to the hon. Member by the Child Maintenance Service on 1 December; I apologise for the long delay.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 03/12/2020 16:32:55 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1483569

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2022
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she intends to respond to the correspondence of 29 April 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire on a delayed state pension, reference ZA59597.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	25782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>A response was sent to the hon. member on 30 June 2022.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 30/06/2022 12:16:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1455323

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she intends to respond to a letter from the hon. Member for West Lancashire dated 28 January 2022, reference ZA58773 in relation to a state pension claim.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	149200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 7 April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 19/04/2022 14:37:49 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper