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Laid by
Anna Turley
Department
Cabinet Office
Type
Unprinted papers
Date
4 November 2025
House
House of Commons; House of Lords

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether pension increases resulting from voluntary National Insurance contributions are backdated to the date HMRC received payment in cases where processing delays exceed the expected timeframe.

Asked by
Richard Foord (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 October 2025
Reference
78848
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of the potential benefits of advising people prior to retirement age of whether it would be in their interests to make voluntary additional National Insurance contributions in order to increase their pension.

Asked by
Helen Hayes (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 January 2021
Reference
133079
House
House of Commons
Laid by
Oliver Dowden
Department
Cabinet Office
Type
Unprinted papers
Date
31 October 2018
House
House of Lords; House of Commons
Department
Home Office
Type
Statutory instruments
Date
27 April 2018
Reference
SI 2018/530
House
House of Lords; House of Commons

Letter dated 18/04/2017 from Phillip Lee MP to Ed Vaizey MP regarding issues raised during the debate on judicial pensions regulations, including: ongoing litigation - the McCloud judgment, Scottish judicial offices, and reference to judicial independence in the explanatory memorandum. 2p.

Deposited by
Ministry of Justice
Type
Deposited papers
Date
18 April 2017
Reference
DEP2017-0376
House
House of Lords

Motions to consider. Agreed to on question.

Lead member
Phillip Lee
Answering member
Yasmin Qureshi
Department
Ministry of Justice
Type
Debates on delegated legislation; Delegated Legislation Committee proceedings
Committee
First Delegated Legislation Committee
Date
27 March 2017
House
House of Commons

Lords motions to consider. Agreed to on question.

Lead member
Lord Keen of Elie
Answering member
Lord Beecham
Department
Ministry of Justice
Type
Debates on delegated legislation
Date
21 March 2017
Reference
782 cc27-32GC
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I will set out the purpose of the draft regulations in turn.

First, the fee-paid regulations are required to establish a pension scheme for eligible fee-paid judges, to mirror the existing pension scheme for salaried judges established by the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993. This is required following...

Member
Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 March 2017
Reference
782 cc28-9GC
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I must declare a paternal interest since my daughter is a part-time, fee-paid district judge. The noble and learned Lord will, no doubt, be particularly pleased with the Judicial

Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2017 inasmuch as they contain a rather rare provision for the Scottish Government to request permission...

Member
Lord Beecham (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 March 2017
Reference
782 cc29-31GC
House
House of Lords

I thank the noble Lord for his observations. I appreciate that these regulations may be only a small step in trying to ensure that we are in a position to maintain what is still a world-class judiciary that is respected around the globe, not just in this country.

Recruitment to the...

Member
Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 March 2017
Reference
782 cc31-2GC
House
House of Lords
Laid by
Secretary Elizabeth Truss
Department
Ministry of Justice
Type
Statutory instruments
Date
27 February 2017
Reference
SI 2017/208
House
House of Lords; House of Commons
Laid by
Secretary Elizabeth Truss
Department
Ministry of Justice
Type
Statutory instruments
Date
27 February 2017
Reference
SI 2017/512
House
House of Commons; House of Lords

Clause 1 is critical to the Bill. It sets out the scope for the regime, so I welcome these considered amendments, which give us the opportunity to explore this important clause in detail.

We have taken considerable care in defining master trusts and setting the scope for the new authorisation regime....

Member
Lord Freud (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
21 November 2016
Reference
776 cc1736-8
House
House of Lords
Laid by
Mr Francis Maude
Department
Cabinet Office
Type
Unprinted papers
Date
24 March 2015
House
House of Lords; House of Commons

My Lords, Part 1 of the Bill is about future generations of pensioners who will benefit from the certainty of a contributory state pension set above the level of the basic means test.

We have dealt with a great deal of complexity as we have discussed the transition provisions. These are...

Member
Lord Freud (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
13 January 2014
Reference
751 cc12-3GC
House
House of Lords

(3) if he will introduce proposals to enable members of UK pension schemes with holdings in additional voluntary contributions (AVC) accounts related to occupational pension schemes that are currently locked in and not susceptible of consolidation while the occupational pension remains in place to access the AVC funds in order...

Asked by
Mike Weir (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 June 2012
Reference
109726; 546 c272W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what recent estimate he has made of the total value of pension contributions held by members of pension schemes in additional voluntary contributions accounts related to occupational pension schemes that are locked in and not susceptible of consolidation while...

Asked by
Mike Weir (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 June 2012
Reference
109724; 546 cc271-2W
House
House of Commons

(2) whether he has made any assessment of the potential detriment to members of UK pension schemes with holdings in additional voluntary contributions accounts related to occupational pension schemes that are locked in and not susceptible of consolidation while the occupational pension remains in place;

[109725]

Mr Weir:

Asked by
Mike Weir (Scottish National Party)
Answering body
Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
11 June 2012
Reference
109725; 546 cc271-2W
House
House of Commons

National Health Service Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (SI, 2011, No. 2586), dated 27 October 2011 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum (by Command). (Vote)

Department
Department of Health
Type
Statutory instruments
Date
1 November 2011
Reference
SI 2011/2586
House
House of Commons; House of Lords