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756072

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Retirement: Age
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many men and women in the most recent year for which data are available died before they reached state pension age.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics publishes annual data on deaths registered in the UK by single year of age. The latest data available for England and Wales is for 2016, whilst for the UK the latest data available is for 2015, as the 2016 data is provisional. The data tables can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathregistrationssummarytablesenglandandwalesdeathsbysingleyearofagetables" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathregistrationssummarytablesenglandandwalesdeathsbysingleyearofagetables</a></p><p>In 2015, the state pension age for women increased from around 62 years and 5 months to around 62 years and 10 months. In 2015 the state pension age for men was 65.</p><p>In 2016, the state pension age for women increased from around 62 years and 11 months to around 63 years and 6 months. In 2016 the state pension age for men was 65.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/09/2017 09:59:24 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

756073

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	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, how many complaints his Department has (a) received and (b) investigated in the last 12 months in each region from women born in the 1950s and affected by changes in state pension age; what criteria are used to determine whether a complaint is investigated; how many such investigations have been completed; and what the anticipated (i) timescale and (ii) cost is of each such investigation under way.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of complaints received and investigated from August 2016 to August 2017 is 3782.</p><p> </p><p>All complaints are investigated. We are unable to attribute the complaints to Region due to limitations of data recording.</p><p> </p><p>DWP contact the customer within 15 working days to tell them of the outcome or when they can expect a response, if it will take longer.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not hold cost figures for such investigations and these complaints are handled within the normal business of the department.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/09/2017 16:25:59 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

756086

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Poverty: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessments have been made of poverty rates among women aged 60 to 62.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department has made no such recent assessments.</p><p> </p><p>Assessments of the trends in low income rates for the population and its headline sub-groups are available in DWP’s Households Below Average Income survey:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201516" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/households-below-average-income-199495-to-201516</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/09/2017 10:03:19 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

756094

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	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, how many (a) staff are deployed to respond to complaints received from women born in the 1950s affected by the change to the state pension age and (b) additional staff have been employed to respond to those complaints in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The responses to complaints received are being handled within normal business activities.</p><p> </p><p>No additional staff have been employed to respond to these complaints.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/09/2017 09:57:20 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

756095

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	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, on what date his Department opened an investigation into complaints made by women born in the 1950s affected by the changes to the state pension age; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department investigate each complaint received.</p><p> </p><p>The first formal complaint relating to women born in the 1950s affected by the changes to the state pension age was received on 16 August 2016.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/09/2017 16:06:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

756103

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to seek a solution to the problem of hidden costs and charges in pension schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	6875
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) currently intend to publish final rules later this month on how asset managers must disclose cost and charge information to Independent Governance Committees, and to trustees who have a duty to report on these matters.</p><p> </p><p>As previously announced, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plan to bring forward regulations for consultation later this year on how costs and charges in relevant occupational schemes should be published and given to members. As part of that consultation, DWP will also look at the most appropriate way of communicating the long-term effect of costs and charges on members’ pension pots.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA plan to bring forward rules for members of workplace personal pension schemes and stakeholder pension schemes in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 6876 question first answered 12/09/2017 09:52:20 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

756104

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has to prevent the practice of pension scheme providers using percentage figures to communicate fees and charges to consumers.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	6876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) currently intend to publish final rules later this month on how asset managers must disclose cost and charge information to Independent Governance Committees, and to trustees who have a duty to report on these matters.</p><p> </p><p>As previously announced, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plan to bring forward regulations for consultation later this year on how costs and charges in relevant occupational schemes should be published and given to members. As part of that consultation, DWP will also look at the most appropriate way of communicating the long-term effect of costs and charges on members’ pension pots.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA plan to bring forward rules for members of workplace personal pension schemes and stakeholder pension schemes in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 6875 question first answered 12/09/2017 09:52:20 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

756106

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	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, what assessment he has made of the potential future costs of providing transitional financial support for WASPI women until they reach the state pension age.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	6951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>DWP published the response to a Freedom of Information request in March 2016 that included transitional arrangements considered during the passage of the Pensions Act 2011 through Parliament, in addition to illustrative costings produced for hypothetical policies, as requested by the Minister for Pensions since June 2015 to give an indication of the fiscal impacts of such policies, and also a costing which was requested by the Work and Pensions Select Committee in February 2016. This FoI request can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-foi-releases-for-march-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-foi-releases-for-march-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>Reversing the 2011 Act would cost, in total, over £30billion. Reversing the 1995 Act would be at least double this figure – certainly in excess of £75billion in the next few years alone.</p><p> </p><p>Introducing further transitional arrangements cannot be justified given the imperative to focus public resources on helping those most in need.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/09/2017 16:25:44 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

756261

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Pensioners: Glasgow East and Maidenhead
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) number and (b) average age was of state pension recipients in (i) Glasgow East and (ii) Maidenhead constituencies in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>As at the end of February 2017, there were 14,270 State Pension recipients in Glasgow East, with an average age of 74.1 years, and 19,920 recipients in Maidenhead, with an average age of 75.0 years.</p><p> </p><p><em>Source: DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study, February 2017.</em></p><p><em>Caseload figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</em></p><p><em>Averages are means.</em></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/09/2017 10:01:30 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

756599

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Brexit
	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 new arms-length bodies his Department plans to establish once the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	8252
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>At present, my Department has no plans to create any new arm’s-length bodies once the UK has left the EU.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 12/09/2017 09:55:37 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett