Written Question
Monday 6th July 2020
Asked by:
Jack Dromey (Labour - Birmingham, Erdington)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of married women (a) entitled to and (b) in receipt of a state pension through the National Insurance contributions of a their (i) husband, (ii) late husband or (ii) ex husband; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Guy Opperman
It is not possible to estimate the number of married women entitled to a State Pension through the National Insurance contributions of their husband, late husband or ex-husband, because their entitlement will only be determined by a consideration of their individual circumstances.
Written Question
Thursday 2nd July 2020
Asked by:
Jack Dromey (Labour - Birmingham, Erdington)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the underpayments of state pension to women who have not received their full state pension will be passed on to the (a) surviving spouse and (b) beneficiaries of a will where a female pensioner is deceased.
Answered by Guy Opperman
Where arrears of Cat BL pension are payable, they will be distributed to those who have a legitimate claim to the monies. This could include the surviving spouse and the beneficiaries of a will.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Jun 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"Case after case is being uncovered of retired women being underpaid on their pension. To this day, many do not know about the Department’s mistake, and some have tragically died before learning of it. This must be properly investigated. Crucially, those women deserve justice. When will the Department work out …..."Jack Dromey - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 24th June 2020
Asked by:
Jack Dromey (Labour - Birmingham, Erdington)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) members of civil partnerships and (b) members of same sex marriages are able to claim a Category BL pension based on the contributions of a civil partner or spouse; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Guy Opperman
Civil Partners and those in same sex marriages, who reach State Pension age before 6 April 2016, can derive entitlement to a Category BL basic State Pension if they fall into one of two groups. Either, they have no entitlement to basic State Pension based on their National Insurance contributions, or they get a basic State Pension of less than £80.45 per week (in 2020/21).
In all cases, their spouse or civil partner must have been born on or after 6 April 1950.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 May 2020
Pensions
"Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker.
Following on from what the Pensions Minister said, our country is gripped by the greatest crisis since 1945, and in the great battle to save jobs and livelihoods I too have nothing but praise for the DWP staff, who, together with key and essential workers …..."Jack Dromey - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Mar 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"Auto-enrolment, the creation of the last Labour Government, has transformed the lives of millions, with 10 million more now saving into a workplace pension, but 5 million people are still not covered because they are too young, because they earn too little or because they are self-employed.
The hon. Member …..."Jack Dromey - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jan 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"With Australia burning, South sea islands drowning, millions suffering from pollution and many dying, the world faces an unprecedented climate crisis. The power of pension funds is immense and, while I welcome the funds that have demanded that investment managers must, in the words of the Minister, “do the right …..."Jack Dromey - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jan 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Government have said that the aim of the Pension Schemes Bill is to support pension saving, putting the protection of people’s pensions at its heart. However, this weekend, we learned that the Financial Conduct Authority is preparing to write to just over three quarters of firms that advised individuals …..."Jack Dromey - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Oct 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"Some 3.8 million women born in the 1950s who built Britain face hardship as a consequence of pension changes by this Government. Before the Court, they were told with cavalier disregard that they had no right to be consulted on the change of retirement age. Labour has already committed to …..."Jack Dromey - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 24 Jul 2019
Access to Pension Credit
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Buck. The people who built Britain are entitled to expect but the best in retirement. As my hon. Friend the Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (Gerald Jones) put it, they paid in throughout their lives in the expectation that …..."Jack Dromey - View Speech
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