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1022838

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date	10/12/2018
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	Christmas Bonus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total annual cost to taxpayers of paying the annual £10 Christmas bonus to pensioners.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL12118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2018 answer text <p>In 2017/18 a total of £126 million was paid to pensioners by the government and taxpayers for the pensioners Christmas bonus.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 20/12/2018 12:25:37 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1022840

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Christmas Bonus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the total cost of paying the Christmas bonus to all pensioners is spent on administration.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL12119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Both Pensioners and working age people in receipt of certain benefits receive the Christmas Bonus. Christmas Bonus payments are usually automatically generated based on receipt of a qualifying benefit. The cost of doing this is not separately identifiable from the administrative costs of the qualifying benefits.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 18/12/2018 15:22:35 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1022841

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Age Addition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total annual cost to taxpayers of paying the Age Addition to state pensions for pensioners over age 80.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL12120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The estimated cost to the tax payer of government paying the age addition to the State Pension for people over 80 for the tax year 17/18 was £44.8 million.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 18/12/2018 16:48:06 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1022843

registered interest
date	10/12/2018
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	Age Addition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the total cost of paying the Age Addition to pensioners is spent on administration.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL12121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Pensioners receive an additional 25p per week following their 80<sup>th</sup> birthday, this is known as Age Addition, and is payable with State Pension. The cost of doing this is not separately identifiable from the administration costs of State Pension</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 18/12/2018 16:47:40 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1002468

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Parents: Death
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they record annually the number of children in full-time education whose mothers or fathers have passed away; and if so, how many such children there were in each of the last six years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL11309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is not held centrally.</p><p>Information on schools and pupils is published at the annual ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ statistical release:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2018</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 20/11/2018 16:17:10 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1002196

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 31 October (HL10750), how many (1) women, and (2) men, recorded by HMRC Real Time Information record, who earnt below £11,850 were contributing at work to a net pay pension scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL11217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>HMRC estimates that 1.2m individuals earning below the personal allowance in 2015/16 made workplace pension contributions, reported via Real Time Information (RTI), using net pay arrangements. Around 74% of these individuals are estimated to be female and 26% are estimated to be male.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC estimates that a total of 5.5m individuals made workplace pension contributions using relief at source, reported via RTI in 2015/16. Around 45% of these individuals are estimated to be female and 55% are estimated to be male.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s Survey of Personal Income (SPI) was used to estimate earnings for these individuals. The latest information available on individual earnings is published for 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>The personal allowance in 2015/16 was £10,600, not £11,850, which is the current personal allowance for 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>(Estimates are rounded to the nearest 100,000)</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL11218 question first answered 19/11/2018 16:21:02 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1002197

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Workplace Pensions: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Buscombe on 31 October (HL10750), how many (1) women, and (2) men, recorded by the HMRC Real Time Information record, are contributing at work to a relief at source pension scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL11218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>HMRC estimates that 1.2m individuals earning below the personal allowance in 2015/16 made workplace pension contributions, reported via Real Time Information (RTI), using net pay arrangements. Around 74% of these individuals are estimated to be female and 26% are estimated to be male.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC estimates that a total of 5.5m individuals made workplace pension contributions using relief at source, reported via RTI in 2015/16. Around 45% of these individuals are estimated to be female and 55% are estimated to be male.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s Survey of Personal Income (SPI) was used to estimate earnings for these individuals. The latest information available on individual earnings is published for 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>The personal allowance in 2015/16 was £10,600, not £11,850, which is the current personal allowance for 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>(Estimates are rounded to the nearest 100,000)</p> answering member printed Lord Bates grouped question UIN HL11217 question first answered 19/11/2018 16:21:02 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann