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967749

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
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 non-resident parents are in maintenance arrears through the Child Maintenance Service; how many of those non-resident parents are in the Glenrothes constituency; and how much money is outstanding in those arrears.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	170374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The number of non-resident parents that are in maintenance arrears through the Child Maintenance Service is published in Table 7: of The Child Maintenance Statistics, available on line at; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental</a></p><p> </p><p>The department does hold data on the amount of money which is outstanding in such cases. However this information is not routinely collated at constituency level and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>You may also be interested in the Child Maintenance Service Statistics: Regional Tables which are published quarterly at the link above. These tables contain the number of parents using the service and measures of compliance for the Collect and Pay service at local authority level.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 15:07:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

964109

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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 paying parents who had defaulted on payment and had outstanding arrears during the last month of their Child Support Agency case defaulted on payment within the first six months of being moved to the new Child Maintenance Service case.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	169398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/09/2018 10:59:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

964110

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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 there is a limit on how many times a paying parent is given the opportunity to pay direct through the Child Maintenance Service to the parent with care after failing to pay and enforcement action having been taken.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	169399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>Paying parents deemed unlikely to pay must pay on time and in full by a non-enforced method for a period of at least six months via the Child Maintenance Service (the collect and pay service) before they can choose to revert to paying the receiving parent direct (Direct Pay). This provides a period of stability for the receiving parent, and requires the paying parent to demonstrate that they can be voluntarily compliant. There is no limit, however, to the number of times that a paying parent may be given the opportunity to pay direct to the receiving parent, as behaviour can change over time. A parent once deemed unlikely to pay, may now be willing to do so.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/09/2018 09:50:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

964111

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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 performance measures have been established for the Child Maintenance Service for the clearing of arrears in maintenance cases.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	169400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>CMS publishes updates with regards to the value of unpaid maintenance in the Child Maintenance Service Statistics:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/717223/child-maintenance-service-august-2013-to-march-2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/717223/child-maintenance-service-august-2013-to-march-2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In March 2018 there was a total of £197.8m unpaid Child Maintenance which should have been paid through the Collect and Pay service. This equated to 12.1% of the total liability (child maintenance) raised to date since the service began, £1,637.6m, and includes unpaid Child Maintenance under Direct Pay cases which have been transferred to Collect and Pay.</p><p> </p><p>Unpaid Maintenance will continue to accrue as it is impossible to achieve total compliance due to circumstances on individual cases and customer behaviours. CMS sets stretching performance measures to support restricting and reducing the growth of Unpaid Maintenance. The performance measures relate to expectations of compliance through proactive treatment of non-paying cases. The effect of these performance measures is to drive down the predicted growth so total Unpaid Maintenance does not exceed ~£300m reducing to 11.8% of the total liability raised.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/09/2018 11:13:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

964287

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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 steps she is taking to ensure that the Child Maintenance Service uses up-to-date income information automatically obtained from HMRC for non-resident parents when making maintenance calculations where HMRC does not possess income information for a full tax year.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	169509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>Where the Child Maintenance Service requests information about a Paying Parent’s income HMRC will provide information for the most recent complete tax year they have in the last six years. In the majority of cases this will generate a clear and easily understood income figure. Where this is not possible the Child Maintenance Service will make a calculation based on information, which parents are legally required to provide, which demonstrates what the Paying Parent’s current income is.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/09/2018 12:24:16 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

964310

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 165065 Children: Maintenance and with reference to page 27 of his Department's paper How We Work Out Child Maintenance: A Step-by-Step Guide, for what reason a parent with 50-50 shared care of their child is require to pay child maintenance.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	169510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>In cases where exactly equal care is provided by both parents neither parent is required to pay maintenance. If shared care is provided for at least 175 nights in the year on average, maintenance is reduced by one half to reflect the care contribution made by the Paying Parent. <br>Maintenance is still due, but at a reduced level because it is expected that the principal provider of care would still bear a greater proportion of the associated costs of day to day care of the child.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/09/2018 12:27:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

964658

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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, if she will take steps to ensure that the Child Maintenance Service has the necessary power to ensure that employers release payments from the earnings of paying parents in their employment with deduction from earning orders applied to their salary in a more timely manner.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	169404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service encourages employers to release payments made via a deduction from earnings orders as soon as possible. Employers are required to pay deductions made for child maintenance by the 19<sup>th</sup> day of the month following that in which the deduction was made. There are no plans to reduce this period as this would place an unfair burden on employers.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 06/09/2018 10:07:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

943047

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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 Child Maintenance Compliance and Arrears Strategy, published on 12 July 2018, what the time limit is for a parent setting up a payment method at the point of application before a Deduction from Earnings Order is set up.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	164825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>In general, where the Paying Parent responds to contact, we do not have a specific time limit in place for setting up a payment method, and timescales will vary depending on the individual circumstances at the point of application. We do, however, aim to have all payment methods in place as quickly as possible after the point of application and establish payment within 12 weeks. In the event a paying parent fails to respond to contact (both written and telephone) within 14 days, in order to start collection and avoid the build-up of arrears, we would check for employer details and, if possible, set up a DEO at this stage.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/07/2018 12:57:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

943048

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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 Child Maintenance Compliance and Arrears Strategy, published on 12 July 2018, when the trial to refer low debt cases to external contractors under the Child Maintenance Service is planned to (a) commence and (b) end; and when she plans to report the findings from that trial.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	164826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We are working through a number of options to deliver this trial. We expect to be in a position to confirm the trial strategy by early Autumn. The results of any trial will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/07/2018 11:24:16 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

943066

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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, for what reasons her Department uses shared care bands when calculating reductions to child maintenance payments; and what her Department's rationale was in deciding what those bands should be.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	165064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Where there is shared care an adjustment may be made to the maintenance calculation to take account of the overnight care a paying parent is expected to have over a twelve month period.</p><p> </p><p>Bands are used to allow for simpler calculations and to reduce the need to consider small changes. Child maintenance is calculated at a weekly rate so the reduction is applied in ratios of sevenths to reflect how the number of nights per year relates to a weekly amount.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/07/2018 11:18:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows