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I have met senior representatives from the company to present the pensioners\u2019 arguments and make clear my interest in the matter.<\/p>

<\/p>

However, the company is meeting its legal obligations.<\/p>

<\/p>

Any increases to pensions in payment are likely to mean significant additional expenditure for any scheme and its sponsoring employer. Therefore, the Government has no plans to require all schemes to pay increases on pre-1997 pensions.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4068", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Watford"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Richard Harrington"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-03-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-03-23T15:45:31.427Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-03-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Workplace Pensions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress his Department has made on behalf of DEC, Compaq and Hewlett Packard pensioners with pre-1997 pension contributions in resolving their case.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4448", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Corri Wilson"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Corri Wilson"} ], "uin" : "68483"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/711833", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/711833/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

No information is available concerning the number of UK citizens who are in receipt of a UK State Pension. This is because the UK State Pension is a contributory based pension payable worldwide regardless of nationality to those who meet the eligibility criteria.<\/p>

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Table 1<\/strong> shows the annual expenditure of the State Pension in the EU (excluding the UK) and how many individuals received the State Pension in EU countries (excluding the UK) in each year.<\/p>

<\/p>

Table 1: State Pension recipients and expenditure in the EU (excluding the UK)<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p><\/td>

2011-12<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2012-13<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2013-14<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2014-15<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

State Pension expenditure in EU (excl. UK) -
figures in £ millions, nominal terms<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1,490<\/p><\/td>

1,628<\/p><\/td>

1,669<\/p><\/td>

1,749<\/p><\/td>

1,814<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Number of recipients of State Pension in the EU (excl. UK)<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

431,500<\/p><\/td>

444,400<\/p><\/td>

455,700<\/p><\/td>

464,500<\/p><\/td>

470,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Source: State Pension expenditure by country of residence, 1995/96 to 2015/16<\/a><\/p>

DWP\u2019s Work and Pension Longitudinal Study (WPLS)<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

Table 2<\/strong> shows the weekly standard rate of the basic State Pension (bSP) in each of the last six financial years. DWP\u2019s Annual Abstract of Statistics<\/a> provides information on the uprating of the State Pension.<\/p>

<\/p>

Table 2: Standard rate of basic State Pension for recipients living in EU countries<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p><\/td>

2011-12<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2012-13<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2013-14<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2014-15<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Basic State Pension (weekly rate)<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

£102.15<\/p><\/td>

£107.45<\/p><\/td>

£110.15<\/p><\/td>

£113.10<\/p><\/td>

£115.95<\/p><\/td>

£119.30<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Source: Abstract of statistics 2016: tables<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

A new State Pension has been introduced for those reaching State Pension age on or after 6 April 2016. The standard rate in 2016-17 is £155.65 a week.<\/p>

<\/p>

Further information on the cash values of all elements of the State Pension and annual percentage increases can be found here:<\/p>

<\/p>

2012-13:<\/strong><\/p>

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128102031/http:/www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/benefitrates2012.pdf<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

2013-14 & 2014-15:<\/strong><\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proposed-benefit-and-pension-rates-2014-to-2015<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

2015-16 & 2016-17:<\/strong><\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/480317/proposed_benefit_and_pension_rates_2016_to_2017.pdf<\/a><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4068", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Watford"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Richard Harrington"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-03-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "68236"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-03-23T15:40:02.617Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-03-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what state pensions payments have been made to UK citizens living in the EU in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/151", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Brake"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Carshalton and Wallington"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Tom Brake"} ], "uin" : "68235"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/711834", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/711834/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

No information is available concerning the number of UK citizens who are in receipt of a UK State Pension. This is because the UK State Pension is a contributory based pension payable worldwide regardless of nationality to those who meet the eligibility criteria.<\/p>

<\/p>

Table 1<\/strong> shows the annual expenditure of the State Pension in the EU (excluding the UK) and how many individuals received the State Pension in EU countries (excluding the UK) in each year.<\/p>

<\/p>

Table 1: State Pension recipients and expenditure in the EU (excluding the UK)<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p><\/td>

2011-12<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2012-13<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2013-14<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2014-15<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

State Pension expenditure in EU (excl. UK) -
figures in £ millions, nominal terms<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1,490<\/p><\/td>

1,628<\/p><\/td>

1,669<\/p><\/td>

1,749<\/p><\/td>

1,814<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Number of recipients of State Pension in the EU (excl. UK)<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

431,500<\/p><\/td>

444,400<\/p><\/td>

455,700<\/p><\/td>

464,500<\/p><\/td>

470,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Source: State Pension expenditure by country of residence, 1995/96 to 2015/16<\/a><\/p>

DWP\u2019s Work and Pension Longitudinal Study (WPLS)<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

Table 2<\/strong> shows the weekly standard rate of the basic State Pension (bSP) in each of the last six financial years. DWP\u2019s Annual Abstract of Statistics<\/a> provides information on the uprating of the State Pension.<\/p>

<\/p>

Table 2: Standard rate of basic State Pension for recipients living in EU countries<\/strong><\/p>

<\/p><\/td>

2011-12<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2012-13<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2013-14<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2014-15<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Basic State Pension (weekly rate)<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

£102.15<\/p><\/td>

£107.45<\/p><\/td>

£110.15<\/p><\/td>

£113.10<\/p><\/td>

£115.95<\/p><\/td>

£119.30<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Source: Abstract of statistics 2016: tables<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

A new State Pension has been introduced for those reaching State Pension age on or after 6 April 2016. The standard rate in 2016-17 is £155.65 a week.<\/p>

<\/p>

Further information on the cash values of all elements of the State Pension and annual percentage increases can be found here:<\/p>

<\/p>

2012-13:<\/strong><\/p>

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130128102031/http:/www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/benefitrates2012.pdf<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

2013-14 & 2014-15:<\/strong><\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proposed-benefit-and-pension-rates-2014-to-2015<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

2015-16 & 2016-17:<\/strong><\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/480317/proposed_benefit_and_pension_rates_2016_to_2017.pdf<\/a><\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4068", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Watford"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Richard Harrington"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-03-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "68235"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-03-23T15:40:02.553Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-03-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what have been the (a) cash values and (b) annual percentage increases have been of state pensions payments to UK citizens living in the EU in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/151", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Brake"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Carshalton and Wallington"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Tom Brake"} ], "uin" : "68236"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/711836", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/711836/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Pensions Act 2011 accelerated the equalisation of State Pension age, affecting women born between 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953, and brought forward the increase in State Pension age from 65 to 66 which affected women and men born between 6 December 1953 and 5 April 1960.<\/p>

<\/p>

The Pensions Act 2011 Impact Assessment, published in November 2011, included estimates of the number of people affected, based on the latest population projections from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) at the time (the 2010-based principal projections), and stated that 2.6 million women and 2.3 million men in Great Britain would be affected. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181462/pensions-bill-2011-ia-annexa.pdf<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

The most recent estimates of the number of people affected are calculated from the 2014-based principal population projections from ONS, which were published in October 2015. Using this data, the latest estimate of the number of women affected by the Pensions Act 2011 is 2.5 million. This figure is for Great Britain and is based on DWP calculations using ONS statistics.<\/p>

<\/p>

Note that this figure includes approximately 0.1 million women affected by the Pensions Act 2011 who were born between 1 January 1960 and 5 April 1960.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4068", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Watford"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Richard Harrington"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-03-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "68312"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-03-23T15:52:07.083Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-03-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "State Retirement Pensions: Females"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department became aware of the number of women born in the 1950s who would be affected by the acceleration in state pension age.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4390", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ian Blackford"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ross, Skye and Lochaber"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ian Blackford"} ], "uin" : "68275"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/711838", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/711838/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The Pensions Act 2011 accelerated the equalisation of State Pension age, affecting women born between 6 April 1953 and 5 December 1953, and brought forward the increase in State Pension age from 65 to 66 which affected women and men born between 6 December 1953 and 5 April 1960.<\/p>

<\/p>

The Pensions Act 2011 Impact Assessment, published in November 2011, included estimates of the number of people affected, based on the latest population projections from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) at the time (the 2010-based principal projections), and stated that 2.6 million women and 2.3 million men in Great Britain would be affected. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/181462/pensions-bill-2011-ia-annexa.pdf<\/a><\/p>

<\/p>

The most recent estimates of the number of people affected are calculated from the 2014-based principal population projections from ONS, which were published in October 2015. Using this data, the latest estimate of the number of women affected by the Pensions Act 2011 is 2.5 million. This figure is for Great Britain and is based on DWP calculations using ONS statistics.<\/p>

<\/p>

Note that this figure includes approximately 0.1 million women affected by the Pensions Act 2011 who were born between 1 January 1960 and 5 April 1960.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4068", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Watford"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Richard Harrington"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-03-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "68275"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-03-23T15:52:07.147Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-03-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "State Retirement Pensions: Females"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of women who will be affected by the acceleration in the state pension age for women born in the 1950s.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4390", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Ian Blackford"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ross, Skye and Lochaber"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Ian Blackford"} ], "uin" : "68312"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 5, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }