§ John BarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the consultation documents issued by his Department in each of the last four years; what the cost was of producing each of these; how many documents were issued in each consultation; and how many responses were received in each consultation. [124571]
§ Mr. PondThe Department for Work and Pensions came into being in June 2001. The following table gives the titles of consultation papers issued, dates of issue, number of copies issued, and written replies received. All consultation documents are also posted on the DWP internet site www.dwp.gov.uk/publications/index.asp. Formal Consultation documents are only part of the 531W policy development process. Other additional activity employed by DWP includes seminars, public meetings, meetings with professional and other expert groups and
Title of consultation Start date Number of documents issued Number of written responses Amending the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979 23 July 2001 70 13 Occupational Pension Scheme Winding-up Notices and Reports (etc) Regulations 2001 1 August 2001 57 29 Occupational and Personal Pension schemes (Disclosure of Information) Amendment Regulations 2001 13 August 2001 57 17 Occupational and Personal Pension schemes (contracting-out)-draft miscellaneous amending regulations 3 May 2001 160 75 Changes to Invalid Care Allowance 23 July 2001 445 133 The Minimum Funding Requirement: the next stage of reform. Consultation on the draft Occupational Pension schemes (Minimum Funding Requirements and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2001 18 September 2001 740 140 Private Pensions simplification 19 October 2001 225 119 Bulk transfer of accrued Pension rights without member consent 20 December 2001 35 19 Revised code of practice on gathering of information as required in Social Security Fraud Act 2001 8 April 2002 100 1 Consultation on Three Recommendations in the Myners' report "Institutional Investment in the UK—a review" 4h February 2001 102 21 Member nominated trustees and directors 12 February 2002 72 22 Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority (OPRA) quinquennial review 10 May 2002 100 50 Measuring Child Poverty 18 April 2002 2,000 80 The future of the residential allowance component of income support, minimum income guarantee, jobseeker's allowance 22 May 2002 90 44 Equality, Opportunity and Independence for all (Race Relations Amendment Act) 30 May 2002 400 30 Social Security Advisory Committee review 16 January 2002 33 13 Pathways to work—helping people into employment 18 November 2002 500 137 Simplicity, security and choice—helping people into retirement 17 December 2002 15,039 800 Replacing benefit periods 20 December 2002 100 60 The Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 29 January 2003 12 16 The Social Security (Earning Factor) Amendment Regulations 2003 31 January 2003 5 0