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Written Question
Bereavement Benefits
Friday 10th March 2017

Asked by: Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to reform bereavement benefits.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

For those whose spouse or civil partner dies on or after 6 April 2017 we are replacing the current suite of bereavement benefits with a single benefit known as Bereavement Support Payment. The Regulations setting out the details of Bereavement Support Payment were debated in the House of Lords on 21 February 2017 and in the House of Commons on 27 February 2017.

Written Question
State Retirement Pensions: Females
Monday 12th September 2016

Asked by: Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the introduction of transitional arrangements to assist women born on or after 6 April 1951 who have been adversely affected by changes to the state pension age.

Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford

At the time of the Pensions Act 2011 the government introduced a concession worth £1.1 billion to limit the impact of the rising state pension age on those most affected. The concession capped the maximum delay that anyone would face in claiming their State Pension to 18 months rather than two years, relative to the previous timetable. The Government has no plans to introduce further transitional arrangements.

Written Question
Industrial Health and Safety
Monday 7th September 2015

Asked by: Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard (Ulster Unionist Party - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Health and Safety Executive has carried out research into the potential risks associated with hydraulic fracturing.

Answered by Justin Tomlinson

It is not necessary for HSE to commission new research in order to be confident that it can regulate the shale industry effectively, due to the broad range of shale research already available and HSE's existing knowledge of oil and gas extraction.

I have asked HSE to keep the situation under review.