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1639848

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his Department's policies of requiring employees who have opted out of a workplace pension scheme to be automatically re-enrolled every three years.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	186527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>The government continues to advocate for the importance of pension saving which offers greater financial resilience in later life. Automatic Enrolment (AE) has transformed pension participation rates, with 86% of eligible private sector employees saving into a workplace pension in 2021, up from 42% in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>AE was deliberately designed with an opt-out to give people choice, enabling them to decide if saving for a pension is right for them given their circumstances and affordability.</p><p> </p><p>This is why when an individual makes the decision to pause or cease contributions, the AE framework requires their employer to re-assess and re-enol their eligible employees every three years, which prevents individuals from falling out of pension saving in the medium to long term.</p><p> </p><p>The re-enrolment regime has been successful, seeing 1 million eligible job holders automatically re-enrolled since the introduction of AE in 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 30/05/2023 14:47:55 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1639849

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring employers to provide information on workplace pension (a) automatic enrolment and (b) opt-out notices in a non-digital format to assist employees without access to digital communications.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	186528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to place an additional statutory requirement on businesses to provide non-digital opt-out notices and information on automatic enrolment (AE). Detailed guidance from The Pensions Regulator (TPR) specifically asks employers to consider the appropriateness of the format of the information they are providing to their workers (such as digital access). This is ultimately a choice for individual employers and pension schemes to make based on their own circumstances and considering employee/member needs.</p><p> </p><p>Further guidance from TPR is available to aid employers in fulfilling their AE obligations, including on providing information on AE and the right to opt-out (at section 5). This guidance is available here: <a href="https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library/automatic-enrolment-detailed-guidance/resources-information-to-workers" target="_blank">Information to workers - automatic enrolment detailed guidance for employers | The Pensions Regulator</a></p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 30/05/2023 14:49:40 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1639353

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
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	Pension Credit: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether carers approaching state pension age who will lose their entitlement to Carer's Allowance are automatically directed to claim Pension Credit..
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	186196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>Carer’s Allowance aims to provide a measure of financial support and recognition for people who give up the opportunity of full-time employment, in order to provide regular and substantial care for a severely disabled person.</p><p>For those over the age of retirement, the State Pension is intended to replace income when work ceases. It has been a long-held feature of the UK’s benefit system under successive governments that, where someone is entitled to two benefits for the same contingency, then whilst there may be entitlement to both benefits, only one will be paid to prevent duplicate financial provision for the same need. We have no plans to change these arrangements.</p><p>Where underlying entitlement of Carer’s Allowance occurs (all entitlement conditions are met, but the overlapping benefit rule prevents payment), additional financial support may already be available through Pension Credit, notably including the additional amount payable to carers in Pension Credit. This additional amount is currently £42.75 a week and 108,000 people are receiving it. It is paid to recognise the additional contribution and responsibilities associated with caring and means that lower income pensioners with caring responsibilities can receive more than other lower income recipients of Pension Credit. If a pensioner’s income is above the limit for Pension Credit, he or she may still be able to receive Housing Benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2022, the Government has undertaken a substantial and sustained communications campaign to raise awareness of Pension Credit and promote its take-up, including extensive advertising in regional and national newspapers, on social media, on the radio and on TV. The department also includes information in the leaflet that accompanies the annual uprating letters to pensioners drawing attention to the availability of Pension Credit and encouraging them to check their eligibility and make a claim.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 186197 186198 question first answered 31/05/2023 09:41:30 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1639354

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
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: Carers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there is a saving to the public purse when State Pension replaces Carer's Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	186197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>Carer’s Allowance aims to provide a measure of financial support and recognition for people who give up the opportunity of full-time employment, in order to provide regular and substantial care for a severely disabled person.</p><p>For those over the age of retirement, the State Pension is intended to replace income when work ceases. It has been a long-held feature of the UK’s benefit system under successive governments that, where someone is entitled to two benefits for the same contingency, then whilst there may be entitlement to both benefits, only one will be paid to prevent duplicate financial provision for the same need. We have no plans to change these arrangements.</p><p>Where underlying entitlement of Carer’s Allowance occurs (all entitlement conditions are met, but the overlapping benefit rule prevents payment), additional financial support may already be available through Pension Credit, notably including the additional amount payable to carers in Pension Credit. This additional amount is currently £42.75 a week and 108,000 people are receiving it. It is paid to recognise the additional contribution and responsibilities associated with caring and means that lower income pensioners with caring responsibilities can receive more than other lower income recipients of Pension Credit. If a pensioner’s income is above the limit for Pension Credit, he or she may still be able to receive Housing Benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2022, the Government has undertaken a substantial and sustained communications campaign to raise awareness of Pension Credit and promote its take-up, including extensive advertising in regional and national newspapers, on social media, on the radio and on TV. The department also includes information in the leaflet that accompanies the annual uprating letters to pensioners drawing attention to the availability of Pension Credit and encouraging them to check their eligibility and make a claim.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 186196 186198 question first answered 31/05/2023 09:41:30 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1639355

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
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: Carers
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 make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of providing additional financial support to carers in receipt of the State Pension.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	186198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>Carer’s Allowance aims to provide a measure of financial support and recognition for people who give up the opportunity of full-time employment, in order to provide regular and substantial care for a severely disabled person.</p><p>For those over the age of retirement, the State Pension is intended to replace income when work ceases. It has been a long-held feature of the UK’s benefit system under successive governments that, where someone is entitled to two benefits for the same contingency, then whilst there may be entitlement to both benefits, only one will be paid to prevent duplicate financial provision for the same need. We have no plans to change these arrangements.</p><p>Where underlying entitlement of Carer’s Allowance occurs (all entitlement conditions are met, but the overlapping benefit rule prevents payment), additional financial support may already be available through Pension Credit, notably including the additional amount payable to carers in Pension Credit. This additional amount is currently £42.75 a week and 108,000 people are receiving it. It is paid to recognise the additional contribution and responsibilities associated with caring and means that lower income pensioners with caring responsibilities can receive more than other lower income recipients of Pension Credit. If a pensioner’s income is above the limit for Pension Credit, he or she may still be able to receive Housing Benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2022, the Government has undertaken a substantial and sustained communications campaign to raise awareness of Pension Credit and promote its take-up, including extensive advertising in regional and national newspapers, on social media, on the radio and on TV. The department also includes information in the leaflet that accompanies the annual uprating letters to pensioners drawing attention to the availability of Pension Credit and encouraging them to check their eligibility and make a claim.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove grouped question UIN 186196 186197 question first answered 31/05/2023 09:41:30 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1629107

registered interest
date	19/05/2023
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	Universal Credit: Young People
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 17 May 2023 to Question 184836 on Universal Credit: Young People, if he will pay under 25 year olds who live independently the same rate of Universal Credit that is paid to those aged 25 years and over.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	185959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to change the rates of Universal Credit.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 24/05/2023 10:42:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1627262

registered interest
date	12/05/2023
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	Universal Credit: Young People
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 10 May 2023 to Question 183251 on Universal Credit: Young People, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of aligning Universal Credit for people under 25 with the eligibility of 23 years for the National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	184835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2023 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/05/2023 15:16:50 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1627302

registered interest
date	12/05/2023
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	Universal Credit: Young People
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 10 May 2023 to Question 183251 on Universal Credit: Young People, for what reason people under 25 who live independently are paid a lower rate of Universal Credit than those aged 25 years and over.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	184836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>The rate of Universal Credit reflects the fact that many claimants are more likely to live in someone else’s household, have lower living costs and typically receive lower wages. It is acknowledged that some claimants under 25 do live independently, which is why Universal Credit includes separate elements to provide support to claimants for these additional costs. These additional amounts are provided in a similar way to all claimants.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/05/2023 12:59:27 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1624737

registered interest
date	28/04/2023
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	Universal Credit: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing Universal Credit payments for people under 25 to the same rate as for people over 25.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	183251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Universal Credit provides those who are under 25 with lower rates than those age 25 and over. This is to reflect the fact that these claimants are more likely to live in someone else’s household and have lower living costs. It also reflects the lower wages that younger workers typically receive. However, it is acknowledged that some claimants under 25 do live independently, which is why Universal Credit includes separate elements to provide support to claimants for these additional costs. These additional amounts are provided in a similar way to all claimants.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 10/05/2023 11:29:35 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1610409

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Statutory Sick Pay
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of removing qualifying days in the context of the eligibility criteria for Statutory Sick Pay.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	180542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>In the Health is Everyone’s Business consultation, the Government set out proposals for limited reforms to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP), including consideration of the role qualifying days have.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In response to the consultation (2021), the Government maintained that SSP provides an important link between the employee and employer but that this was not the right time to introduce changes to the sick pay system. The Government is continuing to keep the SSP system under review.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 20/04/2023 15:22:33 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day