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Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 29 March (WA 126), on how many occasions since 1997, and in respect of which specific recommendations, the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority has refused or omitted to give effect to the recommendations of the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

Asked by

Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 May 2006

Reference

5353; 681 c56-7WA

House

House of Lords

Regulatory impact assessment: the Pensions Regulator (Financial Support Directions etc.) Regulations 2005. 9 p.

Type

Impact assessments

Date

12 August 2005

Reference

RIA 05/168;HINF 2005/1486

Pensions Regulator (Financial Support Directions etc.) Regulations 2005

SI 2005/2188 (Negative instrument). Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Work and Pensions. Coming into force 1 September 2005

Department

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

11 August 2005

Reference

SI 2005/2188

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (OPRA) report and accounts for 2004/05.

Type

House of Commons papers

Date

14 July 2005

Reference

HC 182 2005-06

House

House of Commons

Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the pensions regulator has inherited all the functions and duties previously undertaken by the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority and the Occupational Pensions Board.

Asked by

Stephen Crabb (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

21 June 2005

Reference

435 c942-3W;435 c945-6W; 4777

House

House of Commons

Occupational Pensions Regulatory Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff were employed by the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Agency in each of the last five years of its existence, broken down by grade; how many of the staff employed by the agency on 5 April are now employed...

Asked by

Nigel Waterson (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

9 June 2005

For answer on

13 June 2005

Answered on

16 June 2005

The information requested is contained in the following tables. The information has been supplied by the Pensions Regulator.

Staff employed by OPRA in each of the last five years of its existence (by grade) 1
Grade	31 March 2001	31 March 2002	31 March 2003	31 March 2004	31 March 2005
1	7	8	6	5	3
2	39	51	43	37	31
3	10	11	12	9	0
4	6	4	5	8	18
5	14	19	26	31	41
6	1	0	0	0	0
7	3	7	9	4	0
8	4	6	8	13	19
9	31	34	37	51	48
10	9	11	10	11	0
11	8	8	7	11	35
12	6	9	14	12	14
13	9	10	11	8	1
14	3	3	3	7	15
15	1	1	2	1	2
16	2	2	3	0	0
17	1	1	1	0	0
Directors	0	0	0	5	5
CEO	1	1	1	1	1
Chairman	1	1	1	1	1
Total Brighton	156	787	199	215	234

AA	23	21	18	14	5
AO	31	31	28	25	18
EO	7	6	9	7	7
HEO	3	4	4	5	4
SEO	1	1	1	1	1
Total Newcastle	65	63	60	52	35

Grand total	221	250	259	267	269
⁽²²⁾ Grade 1 is the lowest

Staff employed on 5 April 2005 who are now employed by the Pensions Regulator
Grade	Staff
1	2
2	29
3	0
4	18
5	36
6	0
7	0
8	18
9	47
10	0
11	30
12	13
13	1
14	14
15	2
16	0
17	0
Directors	5
CEO	1
Chairman	1
Total	217

New staff employed by the Pensions Regulator (6 April 2005 to 10 June 2005)
Grade	Staff
1	0
2	1
3	0
4	1
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	1
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	1
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
Directors	0
Executives	2
CEO	0
Chairman	0
Total	6

Date

16 June 2005

Reference

4346; 435 c621-4W;435 c625-8W

House

House of Commons

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financial Investigators) (Amendment) Order 2005

SI 2005/386 (Negative instrument). Coming into force 1 April 2005.

Department

Home Office

Type

Statutory instruments

Date

4 March 2005

Reference

SI 2005/386

House

House of Commons; House of Lords

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will review the information in booklets and leaflets issued by (a) his Department, (b) the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority and (c) the Financial Services Authority regarding the security of private pensions.

Asked by

Lord Chidgey (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 March 2005

Reference

218997; 431 c1398W;431 c1392W

House

House of Commons

Pensions Act 2004

Type

Public acts

Notes

Received 23.11.2004

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

CHAP 35 2004

Pensions Bill 2003/04

Pensions Bill. Lords Report stage first day.

Department

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Debates on bills

Date

1 November 2004

Reference

666 c12-90,106-36

House

House of Lords

Pensions Bill 2003/04

Pensions Bill. Lords Committee stage eleventh day. Grand Committee off the floor of the House (Moses Room). Clauses 277,279,282,283,284,285,287,289-291,295,296,297,299,300,302 ,304-6,310 agreed to. Clauses 275,276,278,280,281,286,288,292,293,294,298,301,303,307,308 ,309 agreed to as amended. Schedule 11 agreed to. Schedules 12,13 agreed to as amended. New clauses considered.

Department

Department for Work and Pensions; Committee of the Whole House (HL)

Type

Debates on bills; Committee proceedings

Date

18 October 2004

Reference

665 c137-210GC

House

House of Lords

Deposited Paper Dep 04/1605

I. Remploy pay and conditions agreement 2004: final proposed agreement between Remploy Ltd and the Remploy Joint Trades Unions (which includes GMB, GPMU, KFAT, AMICUS-MSF, TGWU and covering all weekly paid skill grades and monthly pay grades 1 to 8 inclusive). 4 p. II. Opras reward strategy 1 September 2003....

Deposited by

Remploy; Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority

Type

Deposited papers

Date

12 October 2004

Reference

Dep 04/1605

House

House of Commons

Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (OPRA) annual report and accounts 2003/04.

Type

House of Commons papers

Notes

Series mainatined in BTS; Received 14.07.04

Date

14 July 2004

Reference

HC 674 2003/04

House

House of Commons

Pensions Bill 2003/04

Pensions Bill. Lords Committee stage second day. Grand Committee off the floor of the House (Committee Room 3A and 4B). Clauses 10,12,13,14,15-17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29, 30-34,35,36 agreed to. Clauses 11,37,38 agreed to as amended. Schedule 2 agreed to as amended. New clauses considered.

Department

Department for Work and Pensions; Committee of the Whole House (HL)

Type

Debates on bills; Committee proceedings

Date

8 July 2004

Reference

663 c167-236GC

House

House of Lords

Deposited Paper HINF 2004/1974

I. Bulletin 31: OPRA. May 2004. II. OPRA note 6: Pensions Act 1995: the right to report problems to OPRA. Feb 2000. III. OPRA note 1: Pensions Act 1995: section 48(1) - reporting to OPRA. Oct 2003. OPRA. 2004.

Deposited by

Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority

Type

Deposited papers

Date

7 July 2004

Reference

HINF 2004/1974

Pensions Bill 2003/04

Pensions Bill. Lords Committee stage first day. Grand Committee off the floor of the House (Committee Room 3A and 4B). Clauses 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 agreed to. Schedule 1 agreed to.

Department

Department for Work and Pensions; Committee of the Whole House (HL)

Type

Debates on bills; Committee proceedings

Date

6 July 2004

Reference

663 c59-100GC

House

House of Lords

Pensions Bill 2004: regulatory impact assessment [updated version]. 57 p. DWP. 2004.

Type

Impact assessments

Date

16 June 2004

Reference

DWP

Pensions Bill 2003/04

Pensions Bill. Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a committee of the whole House (HL).

Lead member

Baroness Hollis of Heigham

Answering member

Lord Higgins

Department

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Debates on bills

Date

10 June 2004

Reference

662 c383-445

House

House of Lords

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority expects to have in place a fully developed risk model that targets schemes where funds may be at risk as recommended by the Committee of Public Accounts in its 15th Report of 2002-03.

Asked by

Edward Leigh (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 May 2004

For answer on

9 June 2004

Answered on

9 June 2004

Mr. Leigh: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority expects to have in place a fully developed risk model that targets schemes where funds may be at risk as recommended by the Committee of Public Accounts in its 15th Report of 2002-03. [177254] Malcolm Wicks: In the light of the recommendations of the Committee of Public Accounts, the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (Opra) has been seeking, within the framework of its statutory powers and obligations, to refocus its resources on issues that present a real risk to members' benefits. In October 2003, Opra published revised guidance to scheme professionals on the reporting of breaches: statutory whistleblowers (scheme auditors and actuaries) are now expected to consider the nature and impact of any breach they identify before deciding whether or not to make a report to the authority. In May 2004, Opra also issued revised guidance to non-statutory whistleblowers. Copies of Opra's latest guidance to both statutory and non-statutory whistleblowers (Opra Note 1 and Opra Note 6, respectively) are available in the Library. On 11 February, the Government published the Pensions Bill 2004, which proposes to replace Opra with a new regulatory body--The Pensions Regulator-- from April 2005. The Bill provides that the Pensions Regulator, in accordance with the recommendations of the 15th Report of 2002-03 of the Committee of Public Accounts will have statutory objectives to protect the benefits of members of work-based pension schemes and to promote, and improve the understanding of, the good administration of such schemes. The proposals contained within the Pensions Bill will enable the Pensions Regulator to target its resources on the areas that pose the greatest risk to members' benefits. The new Pensions Regulator will begin operating its risk model from the organisation's inception, and will develop it as its information base improves. To prepare the ground, the Department is currently working with Opra to identify the information and analysis needed to give effect to a fully risk-focused approach as quickly as possible.

Date

9 June 2004

Reference

177254; 422 c477-8W;422 c478W

House

House of Commons

Rep and 3R:Pensions Bill 2003/04

Pensions Bill. Report stage third day and third reading debate. Agreed to on question and passed.

Lead member

Malcolm Wicks

Answering member

Nigel Waterson

Department

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Debates on bills

Date

20 May 2004

Reference

421 c1118-95

House

House of Commons

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