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1022838

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 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

1022844

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	Pensions: Consumer Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that pension data is accurate and reliable before it is loaded onto a Pensions Dashboard.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL12122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>The Pensions Dashboard feasibility study was published on the 3 of December and can be found attached. The consultation runs to January 2019 and all interested parties are invited to respond.</p><p> </p><p>All pension providers have a responsibility to maintain high quality member data. Any activity to maintain or improve data quality will need to be progressed by providers before their data can be used on dashboards. There is already a significant amount of on-going work among providers of different types of schemes, in many cases working with The Pensions Regulator, to improve data quality.</p><p> </p><p>The proposed industry delivery group will work with providers and schemes, including with the regulators where necessary, to set data standards and ensure that work takes place to meet these.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 18/12/2018 16:45:57 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe attachment 1 file name Pensions Dashboards_web_Accessible.pdf title Pensions Dashboard Feasibility study
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1022846

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	Workplace Pensions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to ask the Pensions Regulator to require regular reconciliation and reporting on accuracy of auto-enrolment pensions data.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL12123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Automatic enrolment has been a great success, with over 9.9 million employees enrolled and more than 1.3 million employers having met their duties to date. Government has put in place a robust, proportionate compliance framework. This is administered by The Pensions Regulator, and includes detailed regulatory guidance about how to comply with the law. An employer is required to select a qualifying pension scheme; enrol qualifying staff into that scheme, and deduct any contributions payable under automatic enrolment.</p><p> </p><p>Qualifying pension schemes for automatic enrolment are subject to the same regulatory framework as all trust-based workplace pension schemes, also overseen by The Pensions Regulator. The Regulator has published codes of practice on its website setting out how trustees of defined contribution pension schemes and managers of personal pension schemes should monitor the payment of contributions; provide information to help members check their contributions; and report material payment failures to the Regulator.</p><p> </p><p>The regulatory regime is designed so that errors can be identified and material failures can be reported, the Regulator can then require restitution; and, where necessary, make use of its enforcement powers. The Government keeps all aspects of automatic enrolment under regular review but has no plans to make changes to the compliance framework at this time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 18/12/2018 16:48:51 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1002465

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Widowed Parent's Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families with children in full-time education, with a deceased parent, received Widowed Parents Allowance in the tax years (1) 2011–12, (2) 2012–13, (3) 2014–15, and (4) 2015–16.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL11306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL11307 HL11308 question first answered 14/11/2018 17:26:29 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1002466

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Bereavement Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families which children in full-time education, with a deceased parent, received bereavement benefit payments in the tax years (1) 2016–17, and (2) 2017–18.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL11307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL11306 HL11308 question first answered 14/11/2018 17:26:29 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1002467

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Bereavement Benefits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families with children in full-time education, with a deceased parent, they estimate will receive bereavement benefit payments in the tax years (1) 2018–19, (2) 2019–20, (3) 2020–21, and (4) 2021–22.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL11308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe grouped question UIN HL11306 HL11307 question first answered 14/11/2018 17:26:29 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