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Departments: Legislation

Volume 463: debated on Monday 23 July 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which legislative provisions introduced by his Department since 1997 have not yet been brought into force. (149706)

The information is as follows.

Acts introduced by DWP since 1997

Sections not yet in force

Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999

Section 25

Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000

Section 28

Schedules 5 para. 12(2)-(4)

Schedule 7 paras. 17 and 18(2)(b)

Schedule 9 part III (1) and part V

Pensions Act 2004

Section 12(2)(c)

Section 20(3)(c)

Section 38(4)

Section 38(7)(g)

Section 41(10)(f)

Section 42(2)(c)

Section 43(7)(e)

Section 47(4)(g)

Section 50(10)(f)

Section 95(1)(b)(ii)

Section 96(6)(u)

Section 101(2)(d)

Section 108(3)

Section 117(2)(b)

Section 118

Section 121(9)(b)

Section 134(2)(d)

Section 138(10)(a)

Section 150(6)(d)

Section 151(12)(a)

Section 161(3)(b)

Section 163(5)(b)

Section 166(6) and (7)

Section 169(2)(d)

Section 173(1)(k)

Section 177(6) and (7)

Section 179(1)(b)

Section 180(4)

Section 181(2)(b)

Section 187

Section 188(3)(d)

Section 189(3)(b)

Section 209(4)(e)

Section 209(5)

Section 213(4)(e)

Section 213(5)(e)

Section 214(2)(k)

Section 237 and 238

Section 240

Section 273

Section 306(2)(i)

Section 308

Section 318(4)(b)

Schedule 5 part 1 para. 13(3)(b)

Schedule 12 para. 76(2)(e)

Schedule 13 part 2

Disability Discrimination Act 2005

Section 6(1) and (2)

Section 7 and 8

Welfare Reform Act 2007

Sections 1-30

Section 31 (partly in force)

Sections 32-39

Section 40 (in force for certain purposes)

Section 41 (partly in force)

Sections 42 and 43

Sections 46-53

Section 56 and 57

Section 58 (in force for certain purposes)

Section 60

Section 61 (partly in force)

Section 63 (in force for certain purposes)

Section 67 (in force for certain purposes)

Schedule 1-4

Schedule 5 (partly in force)

Schedule 6 (in force for certain purposes)

Schedule 7 (partly in force)

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which Bills introduced by his Department in the last five years have contained sunset clauses; and what plans he has for the future use of such clauses. (151839)

The only Bill introduced by the Department for Work and Pensions in the past five years which contained a sunset clause was the Bill for the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (see section 31(3) of that Act).

While the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has no current plans for the future use of such clauses, he will consider their use when appropriate.