Correspondence between Treasury and DWP regarding consolidation of Contracted-Out Deduction rage number of years a pension is in payment under the New State pension.

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Dear Her Majesty’s Treasury,

Can you please tell me if you have been in correspondence with the DWP regarding consolidating of Contracted out Deductions for each year post State pension Age as mentioned on page 25 of Pensions bill 2011 MPs' information pack and if so let me have copies of the correspondence.

Please see relevant wording shown below.

further calculation will then be made to establish the value of this
Contracted-Out Deduction for each year post State Pension age using the
average number of years a pension is in payment

Pensions Bill 2011
MPs’ information pack
To be read in conjunction with the Pensions Bill, as read for a first time
in the House of Commons on 27 April 2011, and accompanying
Explanatory Notes
Version One
19 May 2011

Department for Work and Pensions

Page 25

A further calculation will then be made to establish the value of this
Contracted-Out Deduction for each year post State Pension age using the
average number of years a pension is in payment. This calculation will take
21 Net Additional Pension cannot drop below zero, even if somebody’s Contracted-Out Deduction is larger than gross Additional Pension. There is no mechanism to impact basic State Pension rights in this instance. This means people can sometimes “win” from contracting-out.

Pensions Bill 2011 – MPs’ information pack
26
account of the fact that the Contracted-Out Deduction is not uprated in
respect of pre 1988 accruals and capped at three per cent for post 1988
accruals.
• The value of the total Contracted-Out Deduction made over the average
number of years a pension is in payment will be established.
• This value will then be used to produce a weekly Contracted-Out Deduction
that is revalued and increased in the same way as the AP. It is this weekly
rate that will be the deduction from the gross AP accrued between 1978 and
1997 at the time of consolidation.
19. This calculation requires making certain assumptions about the future which will
be made by GAD, with consultation, ensuring that the most up to date
information on life expectancy, earnings and prices growth is used. Where these
assumptions are not borne out in practice individuals would get less or more AP,
depending on whether the assumptions were set at too high or too low a level.

Yours faithfully,

C. Thompson

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Dear FOI Requests,

FOI2018 15973

Thank you for your reply of the 17 October 2018.

I asked to see copies of correspondence between Treasury and DWP. Can you please send copies of correspondence relevant to my request as you have not sent me copies of any correspondence as requested by me in my original request.

I notice you mention that consolidation of contracted out deductions (COD) was not implemented. Can you give me a date of when it was decided not to consolidate COD and if this was decided by Treasury DWP, or Parliament and let me have a copy of the correspondence mentioning COD consolidation would not be implemented.

Can you please tell me the date of the information you sent me.

Yours sincerely,

C. Thompson

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Dear Her Majesty’s Treasury,

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I am writing to request an internal review of Her Majesty’s Treasury's handling of my FOI request 'Correspondence between Treasury and DWP regarding consolidation of Contracted-Out Deduction rage number of years a pension is in payment under the New State pension as you are not rplying to me on time.

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C. Thompson

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Dear FOI Requests,
I don't understand why you have sent me this last email as I know this has finished and as far as I am aware I am not waiting for a reply. You also sent another email which as far as I was concerned was finished .

All very confusing.

What I am waiting for is a reply to FOI2019/05867 where you replied on the 14 May 2019 to which I replied on 17 May 2019 which you acknowledged on 20 May 2019 which said my email was receiving attention to which I am expecting a reply in the next few of days as you are supposed to reply within 20 working days.

Yours sincerely,

C. Thompson

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Dear Mr Thompson

 

Thank you for your email.  I have noted your comments regarding the 2
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Your request dated 17 May 2019 is being dealt with under our new reference
FOI2019/07635 and the statutory deadline for that response is 17 June
2019. That request is receiving attention.

 

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