Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2016
State Pension Age: Women
"The Work and Pensions Committee, of which I am a member, worked on this issue at length earlier this year, and the SNP-commissioned report by Landman Economics draws upon much of our work—indeed, copies much of it. I certainly hope that the SNP did not pay too much for its …..."Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2016
State Pension Age: Women
"My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. Given the state of the nation’s finances in 2010 and that 70-year-old inequality, something had to be done.
WASPI women find themselves in a difficult situation, having started out in a more traditional era of British life. Back then, women were more likely …..."Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2016
State Pension Age: Women
"I fully understand the hon. Gentleman’s point, and I will cover some of those issues as I progress.
On the contract that many Members say was there, there was no contract for the Government to implement the triple lock, which has done more to alleviate poverty in older age than …..."Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 30 Nov 2016
State Pension Age: Women
"I already have given way twice, and I do not have much time.
I have an option 6 to offer to Members today, which I even offer to Landman Economics for free. It has to be understood that later-age employment is difficult. Employers are not always as enlightened as they …..."Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Mar 2016
State Pension Age
"My right hon. Friend has given some very cogent figures to the House, particularly the change in the number of years people can expect to spend in retirement from 14 to 27. Will he confirm that the independent review will be conducted in an impartial manner? Is not what we …..."Lord Mackinlay of Richborough - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 17th November 2015
Asked by:
Lord Mackinlay of Richborough (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will assess the costs and benefits of classifying parentally-agreed child support as income for means-tested benefits.
Answered by Priti Patel
- Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
In order to help encourage parents to take financial responsibility for their children and maximise the amount of maintenance that flows from the non-resident parent to the child, child maintenance payments made under the statutory scheme or through a family based arrangement are not treated as income for means tested benefits.
Written Question
Thursday 12th November 2015
Asked by:
Lord Mackinlay of Richborough (Conservative - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pensioners who were living in countries where their pensions were frozen have moved back to the UK in each year since 2009.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson
The requested information is within the table below. This shows the numbers of pensioners who had been overseas and receiving a non-uprated pension who have returned to the UK during the year and were no longer having their pension non-uprated:
| Year | Numbers previously overseas resident with non-uprated pension who lived in the UK one year later |
| 2009 | 2,000 |
| 2010 | 3,000 |
| 2011 | 3,000 |
| 2012 | 3,000 |
| 2013 | 2,000 |
| 2014 | 2,000 |
Source:
DWP 100% WPLS
Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 1,000.
2. The period referenced in the table is from 1st March to the following last day in February.