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751467

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date	12/07/2017
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Domestic Visits: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, which parliamentary constituencies in Wales he has visited in each month since June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	4536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Wales Office Ministers regularly visit Parliamentary Constituencies in Wales. In each instance, the respective honourable Member is notified of the visit. Details of Ministerial visits and meetings are published on the Wales Office website, and in Quarterly Ministerial Transparency Returns. In addition, visits and meetings conducted in support of the Wales Office Business Plan are published in the Wales Office Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>Wales Office Ministers are always keen to receive invitation requests from honourable Members.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 19/07/2017 14:45:51 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

751468

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Young People: Zero Hours Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of 18 to 25-year olds who are on zero-hours contracts.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
tabling member printed	Mhairi Black
uin	4535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 19/07/2017 12:00:44 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ4535 FINAL .pdf title UKSA Response to PQ4535
tabling member	4421 label Biography information for Mhairi Black

751469

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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: 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 recent estimate he has made of the number of young people who are saving for a pension.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
tabling member printed	Mhairi Black
uin	4533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Automatic enrolment into workplace pensions was introduced to enable more people to save for their retirement. So far over 8 million people have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension, reversing the decline in private pension saving, including amongst younger workers, seen in the decade before the reforms were introduced in 2012.</p><p><br>In March this year, the Office for National Statistics published an estimate that around 160,000 employees aged 16-21 and 2.7 million employees aged 22-29 were contributing to a workplace pension in 2016</p><p> </p><p>We are looking at how we can build on this success over the longer term. Our current review of automatic enrolment is looking at the existing coverage of the policy and the needs of those not currently benefiting; strengthening the evidence base concerning future contributions; and how we can encourage greater personal ownership of work place pension saving, including by young people. The Review will report at the end of 2017.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 4534 question first answered 19/07/2017 10:11:31 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4421 label Biography information for Mhairi Black

751470

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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: 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 steps his Department is taking to encourage young people to save for a pension; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire South
tabling member printed	Mhairi Black
uin	4534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Automatic enrolment into workplace pensions was introduced to enable more people to save for their retirement. So far over 8 million people have been automatically enrolled into a workplace pension, reversing the decline in private pension saving, including amongst younger workers, seen in the decade before the reforms were introduced in 2012.</p><p><br>In March this year, the Office for National Statistics published an estimate that around 160,000 employees aged 16-21 and 2.7 million employees aged 22-29 were contributing to a workplace pension in 2016</p><p> </p><p>We are looking at how we can build on this success over the longer term. Our current review of automatic enrolment is looking at the existing coverage of the policy and the needs of those not currently benefiting; strengthening the evidence base concerning future contributions; and how we can encourage greater personal ownership of work place pension saving, including by young people. The Review will report at the end of 2017.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 4533 question first answered 19/07/2017 10:11:31 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4421 label Biography information for Mhairi Black

751471

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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	Flexible Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what definition his Department uses of (a) flexible worker and (b) flexible working.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	4509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>DWP does not have its own definitions of (a) flexible worker and (b) flexible working.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/07/2017 10:58:50 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

751472

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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	Jobcentres: Liverpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact assessment he has carried out of the effect of proposals to close job centres in Liverpool; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	4515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Throughout the development of our proposals, the Department has been mindful of its duties under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. An equality analysis of the potential impact on staff and customers in Liverpool was informed by statistical analysis of population data, local knowledge and consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Any issues identified were taken fully into consideration and helped to inform our final plans which were announced on 5 July 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 17/07/2017 10:56:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman

751473

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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	Public Health Funerals: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many paupers funerals his Department has funded in Wales in each year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	4496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>This Department does not fund public health or ‘Paupers’ funerals.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/07/2017 16:05:36 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

751475

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints his Department received on claimants whose legacy benefits were not protected following their transfer to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	4548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The department does not collect such specific complaints data.</p><p> </p><p>To obtain this information we would need to examine individual complaints grouped under the broader categories of “You were wrong about my entitlement” and “You paid me the wrong amount”.</p><p> </p><p>Owing to the volume of complaints that will need to be examined to obtain this information it can only be collated at disproportionate cost to the department.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/07/2017 16:13:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

751476

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of claimants whose legacy benefits have not been protected following a transfer to universal credit.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	4551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Claimants currently moving from existing benefits to Universal Credit will only do so because they will have had a significant change in their circumstances that would previously have triggered a new claim to an existing benefit or tax credit. In such circumstances they would always have had their entitlement calculated based on the rules of their new benefit. This principle has been maintained for those moving to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>We have announced that we will be starting managed migration of existing benefit claimants to Universal Credit from July 2019 and that this will be completed by March 2022. We have committed that we will pay transitional protection to all claimants who move to Universal Credit as part of this process and whose entitlement is less than their entitlement to existing benefits and tax credits.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 4552 question first answered 17/07/2017 10:57:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

751477

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department takes to ensure that people who have not retained the legacy benefits that they are entitled to can have such benefits reinstated swiftly.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	4552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Claimants currently moving from existing benefits to Universal Credit will only do so because they will have had a significant change in their circumstances that would previously have triggered a new claim to an existing benefit or tax credit. In such circumstances they would always have had their entitlement calculated based on the rules of their new benefit. This principle has been maintained for those moving to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>We have announced that we will be starting managed migration of existing benefit claimants to Universal Credit from July 2019 and that this will be completed by March 2022. We have committed that we will pay transitional protection to all claimants who move to Universal Credit as part of this process and whose entitlement is less than their entitlement to existing benefits and tax credits.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 4551 question first answered 17/07/2017 10:57:28 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams