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178611

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects that the new Data Warehouse intended to facilitate strategic management information reporting on the 2012 Child Maintenance Scheme (CMS) will come fully into operation; and for what reason the planned implementation date of 2014 anticipated in his Department's strategy for the publication of information about the 2012 CMS was not added to.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	223811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The data warehouse capability intended to facilitate strategic management information reporting on the 2012 Child Maintenance Scheme (CMS) is being developed and implemented in stages.</p><p> </p><p>The first 2 stages of CMS 2012 management information using the data warehouse, covering information about 2012 Scheme Client Funds and Client Compliance, have been delivered.</p><p> </p><p>A third stage of delivery, using a strategic reporting capability, covering workflow management, is planned for delivery later in 2015. Delivery of this stage is also intended to inform proposals to develop further stages including their timing.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/02/2015 12:08:42 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

178654

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why no target or key performance indicators have been set for the collection of child maintenance arrears.
tabling member printed	Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
uin	HL4804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Performance indicators have been set for those aspects of child maintenance activity that are most critical to the objectives set out in the Government’s strategy on arrears published in January 2013, namely to prevent the build up of arrears in the first place and prioritise the recovery of arrears where this will benefit children today. We therefore have indicators, for example, on the clearance of cases, collections, the number of cases contributing towards current liability and the number of children benefiting. A simple indicator for the collection of arrears would not reflect the objectives of the strategy. Since 2010 we have collected almost £600 million in arrears.</p><p> </p><p>The recommendations are set out on pages 20 to 34 of the Advisory Panels 2011 Report “<em>Advisory Panel on Arrears of Child Maintenance”</em> which can be found at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120716161734/http:/www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/advisory-panel-arrears-sep-11.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120716161734/http:/www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/advisory-panel-arrears-sep-11.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In response to the report the Department published its Arrears and Compliance Strategy 2012 – 2017 – “Preparing for the future, tackling the past.” which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214338/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214338/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In December 2012, the Department introduced two sections of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008; the ability to write off debt in prescribed scenarios and to accept part payment in full and final satisfaction.</p><p> </p><p>We have also trialled the use of the Australian Model of arrears classification, and are considering the results to inform future action.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL4805 HL4806 HL4807 question first answered 23/02/2015 16:37:53 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	635 label Biography information for Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

178655

registered interest
date	09/02/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what factors have changed since they announced in June 2010 that a target would be set for the collection of child maintenance arrears.
tabling member printed	Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
uin	HL4805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Performance indicators have been set for those aspects of child maintenance activity that are most critical to the objectives set out in the Government’s strategy on arrears published in January 2013, namely to prevent the build up of arrears in the first place and prioritise the recovery of arrears where this will benefit children today. We therefore have indicators, for example, on the clearance of cases, collections, the number of cases contributing towards current liability and the number of children benefiting. A simple indicator for the collection of arrears would not reflect the objectives of the strategy. Since 2010 we have collected almost £600 million in arrears.</p><p> </p><p>The recommendations are set out on pages 20 to 34 of the Advisory Panels 2011 Report “<em>Advisory Panel on Arrears of Child Maintenance”</em> which can be found at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120716161734/http:/www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/advisory-panel-arrears-sep-11.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120716161734/http:/www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/advisory-panel-arrears-sep-11.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In response to the report the Department published its Arrears and Compliance Strategy 2012 – 2017 – “Preparing for the future, tackling the past.” which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214338/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214338/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In December 2012, the Department introduced two sections of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008; the ability to write off debt in prescribed scenarios and to accept part payment in full and final satisfaction.</p><p> </p><p>We have also trialled the use of the Australian Model of arrears classification, and are considering the results to inform future action.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL4804 HL4806 HL4807 question first answered 23/02/2015 16:37:59 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
tabling member	635 label Biography information for Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

177931

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what systems are in place to ensure that a previous finding of maladministration against the Child Support Agency does not occur again under the same circumstances.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	223492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>Where the Child Support Agency (CSA) identifies maladministration it is committed to addressing this through training, education, amending procedures and formal action with the individuals concerned.</p><p> </p><p>The CSA is also subject to scrutiny from a variety of external bodies including the Parliamentary &amp; Health Service Ombudsman, DWP Independent Case Examiner and National Audit Office. These bodies will follow up on their initial reports, to confirm that the maladministration has been put right.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 10/02/2015 14:39:25 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

177932

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what conditions the Child Support Agency is obliged to consider an applicant's lifestyle rather than evidence of earned income and unearned income from relevant assets.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	223493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Child Support Agency may consider a variation to the maintenance calculation on the ground of “lifestyle inconsistent with declared income” where evidence is provided that indicates a parent has a lifestyle which is inconsistent with the amount of income that has been used in the standard calculation.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 10/02/2015 15:50:35 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

177933

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many individual decisions made by the Child Support Agency have been overturned by the First and Second Tier Tribunals in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	223494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The table below details the number of decisions made by the Child Support Agency (CSA) which have been overturned by the First Tier Tribunal in the last three years and the latest position for 2014/2015:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>2,751</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>2,610</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>2,241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>823</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on CSA decisions overturned by the Upper Tribunal is not collected centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 10/02/2015 15:46:16 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

177614

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department estimates it will raise in child maintenance service charges in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	223209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Paragraphs 101 to 108 of the CSA Case Closure, Introducing CMS Fees, Supporting Family Based Arrangements Impact Assessment give an estimate of the income expected to be raised through the introduction of fees. This Impact Assessment, published on 22 November 2013, is available at</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259694/cm-case-closure-and-charges-regs-ia-final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/259694/cm-case-closure-and-charges-regs-ia-final.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>No separate estimate for has been made for Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Parents can avoid all fees and charges by making a family-based child maintenance arrangement, which they can be helped to achieve by contacting Child Maintenance Options. Where this is not possible, on-going collection and enforcement charges can be avoided by using ‘Direct Pay’.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 09/02/2015 14:41:30 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

176597

registered interest
date	28/01/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 11 March 2014, Official Report, column 141W, on children: maintenance, what progress he has made on the development of statistics on compliance, collections and enforcement under the statutory child maintenance scheme; and when he will publish these statistics.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	222370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Experimental Official Statistics on the Child Maintenance Service have been published on a regular quarterly cycle since March 2014. The series of reports can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme</a></p><p> </p><p>The statistics remain in the early stages of development with new measures added when they are fully assured and meet Official Statistics standards.</p><p> </p><p>The next release is scheduled for the end of March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/02/2015 11:39:04 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

175164

registered interest
date	21/01/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the statement in his Department's strategy for the publication of information about the 2012 scheme administered by the Child Maintenence Service (CMS) that the strategic management information reporting capability of a new Data Warehouse would be available from 2014, what the latest timetable is for the managed process of the release of fully assured statistics on the performance of the CMS.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	221675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Development of a data warehouse capability is being implemented in stages, the first stage of this for CMS 2012 management information is expected for delivery later in 2015 with subsequent stages thereafter. In the meantime management information developed from relevant interim statistics have been released as Experimental Official Statistics and these will continue to be built on and assured.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/01/2015 15:10:01 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

174261

registered interest
date	16/01/2015
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many letters giving one month's notice of case closure have been sent to Child Support Agency clients.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	221087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Up to and including 11 January 2015, 7,521 reminder letters have been sent to clients, giving one month’s notice of case closure.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 21/01/2015 14:42:08 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman