Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2017 to Question 105738, what the age of the oldest person receiving the UK state pension is in each country outside the UK.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department is unable to provide the information. Where a 100% data extract has been used for Official Statistics, we use statistical disclosure techniques to help ensure confidentiality is maintained and are therefore unable to provide the level of detail asked for without breaking this confidentiality.
Data is potentially disclosive if, despite the removal of obvious identifiers, characteristics of this dataset in isolation or in conjunction with other datasets might lead to identification of the individual to whom a record belongs.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people over 100-years old receive the UK state pension in each country outside the UK.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The table below provides a response to your question from DWP’s State Pension administrative data on the number of State Pension recipients aged over 100 years old. There are known issues with the quality of this data due to historical operational processes which mean that some cases remain on the administrative data although they are no longer in payment. Additional management information held within the department indicates that the in-payment caseload for Yemen in particular is much lower than that presented below.
Caseload | |
Abroad - Not known | 20 |
Alderney | - |
Australia | 210 |
Austria | - |
Bangladesh | - |
Barbados | - |
Belgium | - |
Canada | 140 |
Cyprus | - |
Denmark | - |
Djibouti | - |
Dom Commonwealth (Dominica) | - |
France | 10 |
Germany | 10 |
Gibraltar | - |
Greece | - |
Grenada | - |
Guernsey | 10 |
Hungary | - |
India | - |
Ireland | 50 |
Israel | 10 |
Italy | 20 |
Jamaica | 40 |
Jersey | - |
Kenya | - |
Luxembourg | - |
Malta | - |
Netherlands | - |
New Zealand | 70 |
Norway | - |
Pakistan | 10 |
Poland | - |
Portugal | - |
Republic of Lithuania | - |
Republic of Yemen | 30 |
South Africa | 20 |
Spain | 20 |
St Vincent & Grenadines | - |
Sweden | - |
Switzerland | 10 |
Tanzania | - |
United Arab Emirates | - |
USA | 100 |
Virgin Islands (USA) | - |
Zimbabwe | - |
Source: DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study, February 2017.
Caseload figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Caseloads identified with ‘-‘ are negligible, but non-zero.
Caseloads in WPLS can include suspended cases which are no longer in payment.
Note:
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people aged over 100-years old receive the state pension in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The table below provides a response to your question from DWP’s State Pension administrative data on the number of State Pension recipients aged over 100-years old. There are known issues with the quality of this data due to historical operational processes which mean that some cases remain on the administrative data although they are no longer in payment.
- | Caseload |
England | 13,510 |
Scotland | 1,120 |
Wales | 740 |
Source: DWP Work and Pensions Longitudinal Study, February 2017.
Caseload figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Notes:
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of his Department's staff had a pay increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answered by Caroline Dinenage
2015: DWP’s 2015 pay award was subject to the public sector pay constraint of a 1% cap on increases. 99.8% within grades AA to Grade 6 received an increase of 1%. A small number of individuals on the AA pay scale minimum received an increase of 2.5%.
2016: Following the 2015 Spending Review, DWP received limited pay flexibility for operational grades (AA-HEO) to support the transformation of its service. In the 2016 pay award 78% of staff within these operational grades received a pay uplift greater than 1% but no more than 5%. 16% of staff received an uplift of less than 1%. Grades SEO to Grade 6 (5.8% of workforce) were not included within the pay flexibility and received uplifts of 1%.
2017: The 2017 pay award resulted in 78.5% of the workforce receiving pay uplifts greater than 1% but no more than 5%.15.4% of employees received an increase of less than 1%. For grades SEO to Grade 6 (6% of workforce) uplifts ranged from 0.75% to 3.25%.
For Senior Civil Servants, 0.2% of the workforce, pay uplifts are governed by the Cabinet Office.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people from other EU countries were in receipt of (a) unemployment benefit and (b) in-work benefits in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what the cost to the public purse was of such payments in that period.
Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education)
The nationality and immigration status of claimants is not currently recorded on benefit payment systems. However the Department for Work and Pensions has published some general statistics on working age benefit recipients claiming within 6 months of National Insurance Number (NINO) registration. The information requested can be found in the following report:
Information on expenditure on DWP and HMRC benefits received by EEA nationals can be found in the following reports:
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's main policy priority is for 2017; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Single Departmental Plan sets out the Department’s objectives for this Parliament and how we achieve them. DWP has five strategic objectives which reflect our wide ranging policies and priorities. The Single Departmental Plan is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-single-departmental-plan-2015-to-2020/dwp-single-departmental-plan-2015-to-2020
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) mean and (b) median pay was for staff in his Department who were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) white, (iv) from an ethnic minority background, (v) disabled and (vi) non-disabled in the most recent year for which information is available, broken down by (A) full-time and (B) part-time workers.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The Civil Service is committed to being a place where everyone can thrive, regardless of background- with the aim of becoming the most inclusive employer in the UK
Whilst it is encouraging to see a positive trajectory in terms of diversity representation in the Civil Service, we recognise that there is more to do. That is why in March 2016 the Government published its refreshed Talent Action Plan for the Civil Service, identifying actions to support our staff, increase diversity in the Civil Service and deliver the best possible public services.
The Office for National Statistics provide information on pay for the whole of the Civil Service, using data gathered from departments as of 31st March 2016. The latest set of data can be found here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/civilservicestatistics/2016
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former prisoners have been employed by his Department in each of the last five years.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The information you have request is not available.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average end-to-end processing time of personal independence payment claims was in April (a) 2016 and (b) 2015; and what steps he is taking to speed up the processing of such claims.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The latest available data on personal independence payment (PIP) processing times, for Great Britain, for both new claims and reassessed claims, can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-april-2016 .
The current processing times represent a stable position for both DWP and our Assessment Providers and reflect the significant progress made to improve the claims process by both parties over the preceding months. We continue to look at all of our processes and activities to identify any further areas for improvement, or to drive out even greater efficiency.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current processing time from application to award for personal independence payments.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The current processing times represent a stable position for both DWP and our Assessment Providers and reflect the significant progress made to improve the claims process by both parties over the preceding months. We continue to look at all of our processes and activities to identify any further areas for improvement, or to drive out even greater efficiency.