Asked by: Gregg McClymont (Labour - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the capacity within the citizens advice network to deal with Pensions Wise enquiries.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Pension Wise telephone sessions will be delivered by the Pensions Advisory Service, based at its headquarters in London.
Face to face sessions are being delivered by Citizens Advice England and Wales, Citizens Advice Scotland and Citizens Advice Northern Ireland. These will be offered in selected bureaux across the United Kingdom with the aim of providing good geographic coverage and ensuring the service is accessible across the UK.
The government is working closely with the three Citizens Advice bodies to ensure that they are appropriately funded and supported to build sufficient capacity in the bureaux network.
Asked by: Gregg McClymont (Labour - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many agents offering guidance through the Pensions Wise scheme will be based outside London.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Pension Wise telephone sessions will be delivered by the Pensions Advisory Service, based at its headquarters in London.
Face to face sessions are being delivered by Citizens Advice England and Wales, Citizens Advice Scotland and Citizens Advice Northern Ireland. These will be offered in selected bureaux across the United Kingdom with the aim of providing good geographic coverage and ensuring the service is accessible across the UK.
The government is working closely with the three Citizens Advice bodies to ensure that they are appropriately funded and supported to build sufficient capacity in the bureaux network.
Asked by: Gregg McClymont (Labour - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, where the agents offering guidance through the Pensions Wise scheme will be based.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
Pension Wise telephone sessions will be delivered by the Pensions Advisory Service, based at its headquarters in London.
Face to face sessions are being delivered by Citizens Advice England and Wales, Citizens Advice Scotland and Citizens Advice Northern Ireland. These will be offered in selected bureaux across the United Kingdom with the aim of providing good geographic coverage and ensuring the service is accessible across the UK.
The government is working closely with the three Citizens Advice bodies to ensure that they are appropriately funded and supported to build sufficient capacity in the bureaux network.
Asked by: Gregg McClymont (Labour - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people (a) were eligible for and (b) participated in the Work Programme in Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East constituency in each month since October 2012.
Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
In response to the first question, those eligible for the Work Programme are referred to it and therefore eligibility is reflected by referral numbers.
Information on those referred to the Work Programme, by parliamentary constituency, is published and can be found at:
http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html
Guidance for users is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance
Asked by: Gregg McClymont (Labour - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who will reach state pension age within 12 months from the start of the single tier pension who will be eligible to receive state pension at the full rate; and what proportion of the total number of recipients those people will be.
Answered by Steve Webb
I will respond to the Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East shortly.
Asked by: Gregg McClymont (Labour - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) women and (b) men who will reach state pension age within 12 months from the start of the single tier pension who will be eligible to receive state pension at the full rate.
Answered by Steve Webb
I will respond to the Member for Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East shortly.
Asked by: Gregg McClymont (Labour - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what training agents offering guidance through the Pensions Wise scheme will be given before dealing with enquiries; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by David Gauke
A high quality and rigorous training programme will ensure all guidance specialists have the required technical knowledge and guidance skills, whether they are delivering guidance face to face or over the phone.
The training programme is being designed in accordance with the standards set by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and is currently being finalised.
Asked by: Gregg McClymont (Labour - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who will seek to use the Pensions Wise service in the financial year 2015-16.
Answered by David Gauke
The Government is working closely with stakeholders to understand and estimate potential demand for the service, and to build sufficient and flexible capacity in the Pension wise service to meet demand.
Asked by: Gregg McClymont (Labour - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will take steps to provide compensation for people in Scotland who have lost out financially as a result of delayed passport applications.
Answered by David Mundell
Her Majesty's Passport Office is dealing with the highest demand for passports in 12 years and the overwhelming majority of people continue to receive their new passports within three or four weeks. But we recognise that a number of people are having to wait too long.
On 12 June, my Rt hon Friend the Home Secretary announced a series of additional measures to ensure people and families receive their passports in good time for their summer holidays.
The Government apologises to anybody who has been unable to travel because of a delay in processing their passport application and we recognise people's understandable concerns. Her Majesty's Passport Office staff are doing everything possible to put things right.
Asked by: Gregg McClymont (Labour - Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many private sector employees aged over 21 and under the state pension age have gross earnings between £111 and £192 per week in each constituent part and region of the UK.
Answered by Nick Hurd
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.