To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) Scotland, (b) each parliamentary constituency in Scotland and (c) each local authority area in Scotland aged (i) between 65 and 74 years and (ii) 75 years and over, will be in receipt of the age-related personal allowance (A)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) Scotland, (b) each parliamentary constituency in Scotland and (c) each local authority area in Scotland aged (i) between 65 and 74 years and (ii) 75 years and over, will be in receipt of the age-related personal allowance (A)...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 27 March (WA 241–42), what revaluation rate will be used for revaluation of the NHS Pension Scheme and Teachers Pension Scheme when using the consumer prices index (CPI) plus 1.5% and CPI plus 1.6% respectively if...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 27 March (WA 241–42), what revaluation rate will be used for revaluation of the NHS Pension Scheme and Teachers Pension Scheme when using the consumer prices index (CPI) plus 1.5% and CPI plus 1.6% respectively if...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 27 March (WA 241–42), how the revaluation of the Fire Pension Scheme using average weekly earnings differs from revaluation using the Consumer Prices Index (CPI); and why the NHS Pension Scheme and Teachers Pension Scheme are...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 27 March (WA 241–42), how the revaluation of the Fire Pension Scheme using average weekly earnings differs from revaluation using the Consumer Prices Index (CPI); and why the NHS Pension Scheme and Teachers Pension Scheme are...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hanham on 19 March (WA 144), why, if their policy is to use the consumer prices index instead of the retail prices index as the preferred measure of prices, they have decided to revalue certain public sector superannuation...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hanham on 19 March (WA 144), why, if their policy is to use the consumer prices index instead of the retail prices index as the preferred measure of prices, they have decided to revalue certain public sector superannuation...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which public sector pension schemes will continue to be uprated using the retail prices index.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which public sector pension schemes will continue to be uprated using the retail prices index.

My honourable friend the Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs (Norman Lamb) has today made the following Statement. The Low Pay Commission's 2012 report and recommendations to the Government are being published today, alongside the Government's response. The Low Pay Commission's 2012 report The main recommendations put forward...

My honourable friend the Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs (Norman Lamb) has today made the following Statement. The Low Pay Commission's 2012 report and recommendations to the Government are being published today, alongside the Government's response. The Low Pay Commission's 2012 report The main recommendations put forward...

The Low Pay Commission's 2012 report and recommendations to the Government are being published today, alongside the Government's response. The Low Pay Commission's 2012 report The main recommendations put forward by the Low Pay Commission concern the rates of the national minimum wage. The Commission has recommended that the adult...

The Low Pay Commission's 2012 report and recommendations to the Government are being published today, alongside the Government's response. The Low Pay Commission's 2012 report The main recommendations put forward by the Low Pay Commission concern the rates of the national minimum wage. The Commission has recommended that the adult...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hanham on 27 February (WA 302–03), whether the Consumer or Retail Prices Index was meant by the ““Prices Index”” in her answer that ““both pensions in payment and deferred benefits in the proposed Firefighters' Pension Scheme, to come...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hanham on 27 February (WA 302–03), whether the Consumer or Retail Prices Index was meant by the ““Prices Index”” in her answer that ““both pensions in payment and deferred benefits in the proposed Firefighters' Pension Scheme, to come...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the increase in the number of pensioners leaving the United Kingdom to reside overseas if all overseas United Kingdom state pensions were uprated.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the increase in the number of pensioners leaving the United Kingdom to reside overseas if all overseas United Kingdom state pensions were uprated.

On December 2011, I reported to the House that a heads of agreement had been reached on a new NHS Pension Scheme for England and Wales for introduction in 2015. The heads of agreement set out the Government's final position on the main elements of scheme design. Following this, my...

On December 2011, I reported to the House that a heads of agreement had been reached on a new NHS Pension Scheme for England and Wales for introduction in 2015. The heads of agreement set out the Government's final position on the main elements of scheme design. Following this, my...

On 20 December the Secretary of State for Education reported to the House on the heads of agreement on the teachers' pension scheme to be introduced in 2015, which set out the Government's final position on the main elements of scheme design. Since 20 December, Ministers have been engaged in...

On 20 December the Secretary of State for Education reported to the House on the heads of agreement on the teachers' pension scheme to be introduced in 2015, which set out the Government's final position on the main elements of scheme design. Since 20 December, Ministers have been engaged in...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Health (Andrew Lansley) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On December 2011, I reported to the House that a heads of agreement had been reached on a new NHS Pension Scheme for England and Wales for introduction in 2015. The...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Health (Andrew Lansley) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On December 2011, I reported to the House that a heads of agreement had been reached on a new NHS Pension Scheme for England and Wales for introduction in 2015. The...

My honourable friend the Minister of State for Schools (Nick Gibb) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 20 December the Secretary of State for Education reported to the House on the heads of agreement on the Teachers' Pension Scheme to be introduced in 2015, which set out the...

My honourable friend the Minister of State for Schools (Nick Gibb) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 20 December the Secretary of State for Education reported to the House on the heads of agreement on the Teachers' Pension Scheme to be introduced in 2015, which set out the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated cost of uprating United Kingdom state pensions in each of the countries affected by the frozen pensions regulations.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated cost of uprating United Kingdom state pensions in each of the countries affected by the frozen pensions regulations.

Motions to consider. Agreed to on question. Draft Tax Credits Up-Rating Regulations 2012 agreed to on division (10 votes to 6).

Motions to consider. Agreed to on question. Draft Tax Credits Up-Rating Regulations 2012 agreed to on division (10 votes to 6).

To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to uprating all overseas United Kingdom state pensions annually.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to uprating all overseas United Kingdom state pensions annually.

Unallotted backbench debate (part one). Motion that this House notes that the e-petition entitled Public and Private Pension Increases—change from RPI to CPI attracted over 100,000 signatures very quickly, revealing a high level of concern about the Government’s decision to change the indexation for occupational pensions from the Retail Prices Index to the Consumer Price Index, which will mean that many people, both those retired and those yet to retire, will receive less in their pension payments than they were led to expect. Negatived on division (33 to 232).

Unallotted backbench debate (part one). Motion that this House notes that the e-petition entitled Public and Private Pension Increases—change from RPI to CPI attracted over 100,000 signatures very quickly, revealing a high level of concern about the Government’s decision to change the indexation for occupational pensions from the Retail Prices...