Asked by: Baroness Hollis of Heigham (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is (1) the percentage, and (2) the number, of workers earning more than £5,824 and less than the earnings trigger of £10,000, who are over the age of 22 and below the state pension age and who have opted into pension auto-enrolment, by (a) gender and (b) earnings band, according to the most recent available statistics.
Answered by Lord Henley
The opt out rate for those automatically enrolled into workplace pensions is significantly lower than anticipated by government. The Employers’ Pension Provision (EPP) Survey 2015 estimated this to be less than 10 per cent.
The government does not collect information about opt in rates for individual workers. Some workforce data is available via the EPP Survey 2015 but it is not possible to break down the data in the way sought by the question.
Asked by: Baroness Hollis of Heigham (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many affordable house building starts in receipt of government financial support began in each financial year from 2005–06 to date.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The numbers of affordable housing starts and completions in England funded by the Homes and Communities Agency and the Greater London Authority from 2009/10 are as follows
Financial Year | Total affordable housing starts | Total affordable housing completions | ||
2014/15 | 36,604 | 59,226 | ||
2013/14 | 41,625 | 36,334 | ||
2012/13 | 35,930 | 36,734 | ||
2011/12 | 15,410 | 51,731 | ||
2010/11 | 48,465 | 55,909 | ||
2009/10 | 53,917 | 53,172 | ||
Source: DCLG Statistics Live Table 1012 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply)
Figures for earlier years are not readily available on a comparable basis.
Asked by: Baroness Hollis of Heigham (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many affordable house building completions in receipt of government financial support there were in each financial year from 2005–06.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The numbers of affordable housing starts and completions in England funded by the Homes and Communities Agency and the Greater London Authority from 2009/10 are as follows
Financial Year | Total affordable housing starts | Total affordable housing completions | ||
2014/15 | 36,604 | 59,226 | ||
2013/14 | 41,625 | 36,334 | ||
2012/13 | 35,930 | 36,734 | ||
2011/12 | 15,410 | 51,731 | ||
2010/11 | 48,465 | 55,909 | ||
2009/10 | 53,917 | 53,172 | ||
Source: DCLG Statistics Live Table 1012 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply)
Figures for earlier years are not readily available on a comparable basis.
Asked by: Baroness Hollis of Heigham (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many house building starts in receipt of government financial support began in each financial year from 2005–06 to date.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Government does not track all housing starts and completions, but the number of affordable housing starts in receipt of government funding since 2009-10 is published in the Department's Live Table 1012. A copy is attached and it is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply.
Figures in this format were not collected prior to 2009-10.
Asked by: Baroness Hollis of Heigham (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many house building completions in receipt of government financial support there were in each financial year from 2005–06 to date.
Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Government does not track all housing starts and completions, but the number of affordable housing starts in receipt of government funding since 2009-10 is published in the Department's Live Table 1012. A copy is attached and it is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply.
Figures in this format were not collected prior to 2009-10.
Asked by: Baroness Hollis of Heigham (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many additional part-time workers, by gender, currently earning between £3,000 a year and the current lower earnings limit they estimate would, by virtue of their earnings, fall within the National Insurance system should the lower earnings limit be reduced to £3,000 and at what gross cost to the Exchequer; how many of those additional part-time workers, by gender, earning between £3,000 a year and the lower earnings limit would currently be credited into the National Insurance system; and what, taking into account existing crediting arrangements, would be the net cost of reducing the lower earnings limit to £3,000.
Answered by Lord Deighton
The information is not available.