Mentions:
1: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) As a result, we will be able to offer the benefits of this entitlement to a wider range of parents.Other - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Con - Life peer) I commend particularly the Childhood Bereavement Network.I thank your Lordships for letting me intervene - Speech Link
3: Lord McNicol of West Kilbride (Lab - Life peer) period of 26 weeks is too high, as we have heard, and a day one right to paternity leave in the case of bereavement - Speech Link
Found: If you are on a low income or benefits you may be able to get Legal Aid to help cover the cost
May. 16 2024
Source Page: I. Draft Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health education: Statutory guidance for governing bodies, proprietors, head teachers, principals, senior leadership teams, teachers. 44p. II. Review of the Relationships Education, Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and Health education statutory guidance. Government consultation. 27p. III. Letter dated 16/05/2024 from Gillian Keegan MP to the Deposited papers clerk regarding the above documents for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.Found: This is likely to include discussing the benefits of sex education, and any detrimental effects of
May. 16 2024
Source Page: Age limits introduced to protect children in RSHEFound: The guidance has also been strengthened to help young people to understand the benefits of rationing
Asked by: Damien Moore (Conservative - Southport)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support widowed pensioners to manage their finances.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Government recognises that people face important decisions about how to use their pension savings and ensures everyone has access to free, impartial pension guidance through the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS).
Pension Wise, a service delivered through MaPS’ MoneyHelper brand, can help anyone over 50 understand their options for accessing their Defined Contribution pension pots. After entering retirement, ongoing guidance is available through the MoneyHelper website, hotline and webchat. This ranges from budget planners and retirement-specific benefits, to long-term care and debt support.
MoneyHelper also provides support for people who need help with their money matters when someone has died, including specific guidance on pensions and bereavement. This includes how to register a power of attorney.
Furthermore, in November 2023 the Government, in the response to the ‘Helping savers understand their pension choices: supporting individuals at the point of access’ consultation, signalled its intent to place duties on all trustees of occupational pension schemes to offer a decumulation service to support their members with decisions around accessing their pension savings. This includes offering a range of products at an appropriate quality and price.
Asked by: Damien Moore (Conservative - Southport)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to support pensioners to manage their finances.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Government recognises that people face important decisions about how to use their pension savings and ensures everyone has access to free, impartial pension guidance through the Money and Pensions Service (MaPS).
Pension Wise, a service delivered through MaPS’ MoneyHelper brand, can help anyone over 50 understand their options for accessing their Defined Contribution pension pots. After entering retirement, ongoing guidance is available through the MoneyHelper website, hotline and webchat. This ranges from budget planners and retirement-specific benefits, to long-term care and debt support.
MoneyHelper also provides support for people who need help with their money matters when someone has died, including specific guidance on pensions and bereavement. This includes how to register a power of attorney.
Furthermore, in November 2023 the Government, in the response to the ‘Helping savers understand their pension choices: supporting individuals at the point of access’ consultation, signalled its intent to place duties on all trustees of occupational pension schemes to offer a decumulation service to support their members with decisions around accessing their pension savings. This includes offering a range of products at an appropriate quality and price.
Written Evidence May. 14 2024
Inquiry: ProbateFound: The benefits of having human input in circumstances of bereavement but also for groups such as the
May. 14 2024
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Report May. 14 2024
Committee: Social Justice and Social Security CommitteeFound: Evidence 9. 10. 11.manage their Social Security Scotland benefits.
Mentions:
1: Stephen Timms (Lab - East Ham) to employment support to economically inactive people in St Austell and Newquay who are not claiming benefits - Speech Link
2: Sheryll Murray (Con - South East Cornwall) Last month’s House of Commons Library paper on people claiming unemployment benefits stated that 1,405 - Speech Link
3: Paula Barker (Lab - Liverpool, Wavertree) The Minister says that work pays, but since October, Georgina has had her benefits stopped intermittently - Speech Link
4: Paul Maynard (Con - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) In the next year, we will fund more than £167 billion of benefits for pensioners—some 6% of GDP. - Speech Link
5: Andrew Gwynne (Lab - Denton and Reddish) allowance, contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance, contribution-based employment and support allowance, bereavement - Speech Link