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registered interest
date	19/01/2016
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 (a) six month notices, (b) three month closure notices and (c) final closure notices of case closure have been sent to Child Support Agency cases in (i) segment 1, (ii) segment 2, (iii) segment 3 and (iv) segment 4.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	23109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the total number of (a) six month notice letters of case closure, (b) one month reminder letters of case closure, and (c) final letters issued for segments 1, 2, 3 and 4, as at the end of December 2015:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Segment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Six month notice </strong></p></td><td><p>395,500</p></td><td><p>137,900</p></td><td><p>43,200</p></td><td><p>238,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>One month reminder letter</strong></p></td><td><p>365,400</p></td><td><p>104,600</p></td><td><p>30,100</p></td><td><p>69,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Final letter</strong></p></td><td><p>373,000</p></td><td><p>98,900</p></td><td><p>10,400</p></td><td><p>33,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Figures rounded to nearest 100.</li><li>The figures are made up from cases proactively selected for case closure, and not those where an application has been made to the 2012 scheme and a related case exists on the 93/03 scheme which is then reactively closed down.</li><li>Cases selected for closure are sent a six month notice of case closure. One letter is sent to the parent with care and one to non-resident parent. They are then sent a reminder letter one month before their case closure date (no letter is sent at three months). They are sent a final letter when their case is closed.</li></ol><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/01/2016 10:56:24 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

435952

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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 calls were made to the Child Maintenance Options Service in each month since January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	18995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The number of inbound calls received by the Child Maintenance Options Service from January 2015 to the end of October 2015 is shown in the table below:</p><p /> <p /> <br /><table><tbody><tr><td><br> <p>Month</p><p> <p></td><td><br> <p>Number of calls received by the Child Maintenance Options Service</p><p> <p></td></tr><tr><td><br> <p>Jan-15</p><p> <p></td><td><br> <p>33,010</p><p> <p></td></tr><tr><td><br> <p>Feb-15</p><p> <p></td><td><br> <p>31,020</p><p> <p></td></tr><tr><td><br> <p>Mar-15</p><p> <p></td><td><br> <p>36,450</p><p> <p></td></tr><tr><td><br> <p>Apr-15</p><p> <p></td><td><br> <p>33,370</p><p> <p></td></tr><tr><td><br> <p>May-15</p><p> <p></td><td><br> <p>32,590</p><p> <p></td></tr><tr><td><br> <p>Jun-15</p><p> <p></td><td><br> <p>37,580</p><p> <p></td></tr><tr><td><br> <p>Jul-15</p><p> <p></td><td><br> <p>40,530</p><p> <p></td></tr><tr><td><br> <p>Aug-15</p><p> <p></td><td><br> <p>38,010</p><p> <p></td></tr><tr><td><br> <p>Sep-15</p><p> <p></td><td><br> <p>45,340</p><p> <p></td></tr><tr><td><br> <p>Oct-15</p><p> <p></td><td><br> <p>39,800</p><p> <p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /> <p /> <p /> <p>Notes:</p><p /> <p>- Data Sourced from Child Maintenance Options Monthly MI Service Pack</p><p /> <p>- Data rounded to nearest 10</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 10/12/2015 14:27:15 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

435953

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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 monthly Child Maintenance Service new applications from January 2015 were (a) former Child Support Agency (CSA) cases affected by reactive CSA case closure, (b) former CSA cases affective by proactive CSA case closure and (c) other new applications.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	18994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>From January 2015 to August 2015 there have been approximately 75,200 applications made to the Child Maintenance Service.</p><p>6,800 of these were made by former CSA cases affected by reactive case closure, 22,000 were made by former CSA cases affected by proactive case closure and 46,400 were new applications.</p><br /> <br /><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Total Child Maintenance Service applications can be found in table 1 of the Child Maintenance Service 2012 Scheme Experimental Statistics <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></li><li>A system issue has been identified which impacts New Application Intake figures. Investigations have been carried out which identified incorrect duplication of New Applications. Figures have been adjusted to account for these duplicates</li><li>Cases have been linked between CSA systems and CMS Systems using the paying and receiving parents national insurance numbers.</li><li>Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.</li></ol> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 10/12/2015 14:27:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

435954

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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 of the total Child Maintenance Service caseload at the end of August 2015 were arrears only cases.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	18993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>Information on total number of arrears only cases is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 10/12/2015 14:31:38 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

435956

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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 of the case groups with a current child maintenance liability within the 2012 statutory child maintenance scheme in August 2015 involve a non-resident parent with (a) one case, (b) two cases, (c) three cases and (d) four or more cases.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	18996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 10/12/2015 14:23:03 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

435957

registered interest
date	07/12/2015
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 proportion of the cases groups with a current liability using the 2012 statutory child maintenance scheme in August 2015 were due to pay via (a) the CMS Calculation and Collection Service and (b) Direct Pay.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	18997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>As at August 2015, 30% of cases paid via the CMS Calculation and Collection Service and 70% of cases paid via Direct Pay.</p><p>Information on Service Type (Case based) is set out on Page 6 of the Child Maintenance Service 2012 Scheme Experimental Statistics and Page 8 of the tables which can be accessed online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-aug-2015-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-aug-2015-experimental</a></p><br /><p>Note:</p><p>Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number.</p><br /><p>Accurate information by case group could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 10/12/2015 14:34:06 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

432346

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
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, whether, where there is a Direct Pay arrangement for child maintenance between parents but the liabilities required by the Child Maintenance Service have not been fully paid, that Service seeks to collect unpaid amounts retrospectively.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	17610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Child Maintenance Service has a wide range of effective powers to facilitate the collection of child maintenance.</p><br /><p>Where a direct pay arrangement is in place between parents and the Child Maintenance Service is informed and satisfied that payments have been missed, action will be taken to collect these amounts retrospectively at the request of the receiving parent.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 30/11/2015 13:50:57 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

432349

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
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 the value is of outstanding child maintenance arrears owed in respect of cases using the 2012 statutory maintenance scheme where the arrears were (a) accrued under the 2012 scheme and (b) transferred from the 1993 and 2003 statutory schemes.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	17606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>a) As at August 2015, outstanding maintenance arrears stood at £35.1 million. More details can be found on page 6 of the Child Maintenance Service 2012 Scheme experimental statistics which can be accessed online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-aug-2015-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-aug-2015-experimental</a>.</p><br /><p>b) Information on the amount of arrears in respect of the 1993 and 2003 Schemes transitioned from the 1993 and 2003 systems to the 2012 system will be published in the 1993 / 2003 Client Fund Accounts due for release shortly after the accounts have been audited by the National Audit Office.</p><p>Previous publications can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-maintenance-client-funds-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-maintenance-client-funds-accounts</a></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 30/11/2015 13:57:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

432350

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
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, in what proportion of Child Maintenance Service cases was a contribution made to their current liability (a) in full, (b) in part or (c) not at all (i) paying by Direct Pay and (ii) using the Calculation and Collection service in the last quarter for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	17607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>i) As shown in the CMS 2012 experimental statistics, at August 2015, 70% of cases are paying by Direct Pay (see table 6.1 which can be accessed online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-aug-2015-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-aug-2015-experimental</a>).</p><p>Direct Pay cases are assumed to be fully meeting their current liability (since clients can come back to the CMS if there is a default on their payment or to request a revised calculation), therefore 100% of Direct Pay cases were assumed to be paying in full.</p><br /><p>ii) Information regarding the proportion of cases making a contribution to their current liability via the Calculation and Collection service is not currently available. Contribution towards current liability is reported at case group level because of the way cases are administered on the 2012 system. (see table 4 which can be accessed online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-aug-2015-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-aug-2015-experimental</a>).</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Note:</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>At August 2015, the overall proportion of Case Groups Contributing towards Current Liability was 88%.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 30/11/2015 14:11:37 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

432351

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
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 cases using the 2012 statutory child maintenance scheme are being dealt with by the legal enforcement team.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	17608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available for publication.</p><br /><p>The Department published its strategy for releasing experimental statistics on the 2012 scheme on 26 February 2014, and this was updated on 30 September 2015.</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/publication-strategy-for-the-2012-scheme-administered-by-the-child-maintenance-service" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/publication-strategy-for-the-2012-scheme-administered-by-the-child-maintenance-service</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 30/11/2015 14:28:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck