Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she will respond to the correspondence of 8 December 2022 from the hon. Member for High Peak, reference RL31129.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
A reply was sent to the hon. Member by the Minister for Welfare Delivery, on behalf of the Secretary of State, on 1 April 2022.
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon Member for High Peak, dated 27 October 2021, with reference RL29961.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
DWP provided a response to the office of Robert Largan MP on 4 March 2022.
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many senior civil servants employed by her Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1 March 2019, (b) 1 March 2020, (c) 1 March 2021 and (d) 1 September 2021.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The figures below show substantive paid SCS as at the labelled dates by region shown in SiP (staff in Post)
SCS SiP
Region | 31st March 2019 | 31st March 2020 | 31st March 2021 | 30th September 2021 |
North East | 20 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
North West | 30 | 30 | 40 | 30 |
Yorkshire and Humber | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
East Midlands | .. | .. | .. | .. |
West Midlands | .. | .. | .. | .. |
East of England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
London | 100 | 110 | 120 | 120 |
South East | .. | .. | .. | .. |
South West | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Wales | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scotland | 10 | 10 | .. | 10 |
Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Reported | .. | .. | 10 | 10 |
All Employees | 210 | 210 | 240 | 250 |
1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest ten, and cells containing between one and five employees are represented by '..'.
2. Figures relate to paid employees only and are shown in staff in post (SiP)
3. Numbers may not sum due to rounding to the nearest 10
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many civil servants employed by her Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 UK regions on (a) 1 March 2021, (b) 1 June 2021 and (c) 1 September 2021.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
a) As published in the National Statistics and taken from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey which can be accessed here https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2021, on the 31st March 2021, DWP had the following headcount in each of the following NUTS1 UK Regions;
Region | Headcount |
North East | 9,550 |
North West | 17,710 |
Yorkshire and Humber | 9,250 |
East Midlands | 4,490 |
West Midlands | 7,600 |
East of England | 4,570 |
London | 10,030 |
South East | 6,660 |
South West | 5,740 |
Wales | 5,640 |
Scotland | 8,820 |
Northern Ireland | .. |
Not Reported | 900 |
All Employees | 90,950 |
1 Numbers are rounded to the nearest ten, and cells containing between one and five employees are represented by '..'.
2 Workplace postcode data is used to derive geographical information.
3. Figures relate to paid employees only and are shown in staff in post (SiP)
4. Numbers may not sum due to rounding to the nearest 10
b/c) Consistent figures are available for the 30th June 2021 and 30th September 2021, DWP had the following headcount in each of the following headcount in each of the following NUTS1 UK Regions;
b)
30th June 2021
Region | Headcount |
North East | 9,720 |
North West | 17,920 |
Yorkshire and Humber | 9,500 |
East Midlands | 4,610 |
West Midlands | 7,890 |
East of England | 4,700 |
London | 10,310 |
South East | 6,650 |
South West | 5,720 |
Wales | 5,670 |
Scotland | 9,030 |
Northern Ireland | .. |
Not Reported | 960 |
All Employees | 92,690 |
c)
30th September 2021
Region | Headcount |
North East | 10,500 |
North West | 18,680 |
Yorkshire and Humber | 9,710 |
East Midlands | 4,710 |
West Midlands | 7,990 |
East of England | 4,800 |
London | 10,510 |
South East | 6,740 |
South West | 5,790 |
Wales | 5,860 |
Scotland | 9,160 |
Northern Ireland | .. |
Not Reported | 920 |
All Employees | 95,370 |
1 Numbers are rounded to the nearest ten, and cells containing between one and five employees are represented by '..'.
2. Figures relate to paid employees only and are shown in staff in post (SiP)
3. Numbers may not sum due to rounding to the nearest 10
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the enquiry from the hon. Member of 28 July 2021, reference RL24952.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Despite a thorough search, we are unable to locate any correspondence from the hon. Member for this reference or date. We have contacted the hon. Member’s office for further information.
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps the Government is taking to help people who are self-employed save for their retirement.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government remains committed to increase retirement saving among the self-employed, and many already do save into a pension. The incomes, assets and self-employment experiences vary widely among this population, with considerable differences in resilience for retirement. Given this diversity, finding effective durable solutions is a long term challenge; there is no straightforward single mechanism, supported by evidence, to bring self-employed people into pension saving, but we continue to urge individuals to avail themselves of the opportunities that do already exist for pension saving.
We commenced a trialling research programme in 2019/20 to test a range of approaches and interventions. This programme includes the role of behavioural messages and savings mechanisms using financial digital platforms and uses relevant behavioural insights from automatic enrolment. This will build the evidence base to find ways to make retirement saving easier for self-employed individuals.
In addition, we have completed a short research project to evaluate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the savings and financial wellbeing and resilience of self-employed businesses. We aim to commence [more widespread] technology trials, testing behaviorally-based savings mechanisms, from this summer. This will build on findings from the first stage of trialing, which were published 16 September and on 14 December last year. In addition to this the sidecar savings project is a potential blueprint for much greater financial resilience in the self-employed world of pensions.