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89983

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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	Jobseeker's Allowance
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 in (a) the UK, (b) the South West and (c) Bristol North West constituency are unemployed but unable to claim jobseeker's allowance because they are deemed to have a sufficient level of personal savings.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	207604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text The information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2014 11:23:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

63441

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
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	Independent Living Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to ensure that adequate support exists for those affected by the abolition of the Independent Living Fund beyond the year of guaranteed funding made available to local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	201841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Last year's Spending Review determined budgets for 2015/16 only. This applies to all aspects of government expenditure not just ex-ILF funding. Budgets for later years will be determined in a later Spending Review; the timing of this is not known but it is likely to be after the next general election.</p><p>Following the closure of the ILF it will be the responsibility of the Department of Health and the devolved administrations to ensure that they reflect the needs of ILF users in future funding bids.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 26/06/2014 16:09:23 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

49057

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department takes into account the differences in the positions of men and women in preparing for retirement when devising its policy on pensions.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	197054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Yes. The Department for Work and Pensions is committed to fully meeting our legal obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty, which is part of the Equality Act 2010. We have embedded equality analysis into the processes we use to develop, deliver and evaluate our policies, practices and services. This ensures that we continue to assess the likely and actual effects of what we do on people with protected characteristics to help inform our decision making processes.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

48898

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to support people with the rising cost of funerals.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	196806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Social Fund Funeral Payment scheme continues to provide help towards a simple, respectful, low-cost funeral. In 2012/13, over 35,000 awards were made worth £42.7 million, with an average award of £1,225.</p><p> </p><p>Social Fund Budgeting Loans are also available to those on income related benefits to cover costs relating to funeral expenses.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, any arrears of benefit which were due to the deceased at date of death are disregarded. This means that such arrears are no longer deducted from the funeral payment award.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie

48703

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to increase understanding of pensions and retirement planning amongst women.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	196632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department is taking a range of steps to address understanding of pensions and retirement planning, including amongst women.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP is working closely with the Money Advice Service (MAS), the government body with responsibility for improving the British public's financial capability, including tackling the knowledge gaps which can inhibit individuals from saving into pensions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is facilitating joint-working between its information services and those of The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS), which is playing an important role in supporting individuals who are automatically enrolled, and MAS. The DWP will also support MAS in increasing its reach, including through contact channels with DWP customers.</p><p> </p><p>As part of automatic enrolment, to encourage women to continue to save in a workplace pension we are running an awareness campaign with supporting information that emphasises the importance of saving for retirement and outlines the benefits of saving in a workplace pension. This reaches women via the use of appropriate media channels and by working in partnership with trusted brands.</p><p> </p><p>We are creating a simpler state pension so that everybody can know both what counts towards their state pension and how much they can expect to receive. We will take account of the different ways in which men and women are affected by the reforms in our communications approach. Our strategy includes using partnerships with media outlets most likely to reach these women to make them aware of the changes. We will evaluate the impact of our communications to make sure we are reaching women to increase their awareness and understanding.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie