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391535

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
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 Oral Question of the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish of 21 July 2015, Official Report, column 889, on state pensions for women, what recent discussions the Minister of State for Pensions has had with (a) his Ministerial colleagues and (b) campaign groups on the effect of those changes on women born in the 1950s.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	7925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Minister has not met formally with campaign group representatives but is in frequent contact with relevant stakeholders across her portfolio.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will not be revisiting the State Pension age timetable for women affected by the 2011 Act. Government carried out extensive analysis of the impacts of bringing forward the rise to 66 when legislating for the change. The decision to bring forward a Government amendment to the timetable originally set out in the bill, to cap the maximum increase at 18 months rather than 2 years, was informed by this analysis.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently preparing for the first State Pension age review, which will conclude by May 2017. Alongside updated life expectancy projections, this review will be informed by an independent report, which will consider wider factors that should be taken into account when setting State Pension age, such as healthy life expectancy, variations in life expectancy between different groups, and wider economic issues.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 15:15:05 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

391536

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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 steps he is taking to reduce delays in the payments of personal independence payments and universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	7914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have implemented a wide range of initiatives across the whole Personal Independence Payment (PIP) claiming journey to speed up processes and clear more claims and are continuing to identify further opportunities to drive forward improvements. Figures released on 17 June (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2015</a>) reflect the significant progress made over the past year and show claims for PIP are now being cleared at four times the rate they were in January 2014. The average new claimant now only waits for 5 weeks for an assessment, and the number of cases dealt with by the assessment providers has more than quadrupled in the last year.</p><p> </p><p>There are no delays in the payment of Universal Credit. All new claims assessed are processed within the required timescales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 15:45:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

391537

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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: Private Sector
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish guidance for people with private sector pensions on the effect of decisions to change the basis on which pensions are uprated on those people.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	7912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>Increases to private sector pensions in payment will depend on the scheme rules. The Government sets a statutory minimum for the indexation of certain defined benefit pensions accrued between specific dates and, as long as schemes meet this minimum, they may choose how and when to increase pensions in payment and on what basis.</p><p> </p><p>In some cases rules may contain a requirement for specific increases; in others the trustees can exercise their discretion.</p><p> </p><p>It is, therefore, for the scheme to provide members with information about any changes to pensions in payment.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/09/2015 15:02:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

391538

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will adopt the definition of full employment used in the Europe 2020 strategy to define full employment in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	7953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The full employment clause in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill places a duty on the Secretary of State to lay a report before Parliament detailing progress towards full employment. The first annual report will set out the interpretation of full employment.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to use the Europe 2020 strategy as the basis for defining full employment, as the UK employment rate for those aged 20-64, which currently stands at 76.5%, has already exceeded the target recommended in that report.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 7954 question first answered 08/09/2015 14:51:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

391539

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures he plans to use to assess progress towards full employment.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	7954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p>The full employment clause in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill places a duty on the Secretary of State to lay a report before Parliament detailing progress towards full employment. The first annual report will set out the interpretation of full employment.</p><p> </p><p>It would not be appropriate to use the Europe 2020 strategy as the basis for defining full employment, as the UK employment rate for those aged 20-64, which currently stands at 76.5%, has already exceeded the target recommended in that report.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 7953 question first answered 08/09/2015 14:51:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

391540

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the number of children experiencing material deprivation in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	7955
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Estimates of the number and proportion of children in combined low income and material deprivation are published in the National Statistics Households Below Average Income (HBAI) series.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for combined low income and material deprivation have been published in HBAI since 2004/05 and are available up to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p>The latest publication is available at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-19941995-to-20132014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-19941995-to-20132014</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/09/2015 15:15:46 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed