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101603

registered interest
date	28/10/2014
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent progress he has made on rectifying benefit sanctions found to have been wrongly applied.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	905816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>We get the vast majority of decisions right. All decisions are made by independent decision makers based on evidence provided at the time. A sanction will never be imposed if a claimant provides good reason and once sanctioned a claimant has rights to reconsideration and appeal. Hardship payments are also available and vulnerable claimants, including anyone with responsibility for a child, can receive payments immediately.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/11/2014 13:03:22 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

101233

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who had no prior pension savings have been enrolled under automatic enrolment into workplace pension schemes.
tabling member constituency	Fareham
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hoban
uin	212139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>The latest information published by The Pensions Regulator shows that over 4.7 million eligible jobholders have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension. It is not possible to identify how many of these jobholders had no prior pension savings.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/11/2014 15:37:32 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1414 label Biography information for Mr Mark Hoban

101235

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people enrolled under automatic workplace pension schemes have chosen to opt out after (a) six, (b) nine and (c) 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Fareham
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hoban
uin	212140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Findings from qualitative research with large employers show the overall opt out rate was around 9 per cent. Most individual employers had an opt out rate between 5 and 15 per cent. Opt out is only possible within the opt out window which is one month after being automatically enrolled.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/11/2014 15:39:46 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1414 label Biography information for Mr Mark Hoban

101238

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Unemployment Benefits: East of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have made at least one claim for out-of-work benefits in (a) Bury St. Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk and (c) the East of England since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
uin	211956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The information requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/11/2014 13:09:03 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

101239

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Employment Services: Suffolk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are being taken in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency and (b) Suffolk to support older jobseekers in using online recruitment processes.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
uin	211957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Bury St Edmunds Jobcentre and all Suffolk Jobcentres provide public computers with internet access for jobseekers to use. Staff are available to offer individual coaching and to support jobseekers completing online applications.</p><p> </p><p>Several partner organisations including New Careers Service and F1 Training support jobseekers through online job applications and up skill them to be self-sufficient in online recruitment processes. FiftyON East and TCHC also offer this support specifically for older jobseekers.</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/11/2014 13:16:29 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley