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1178763

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	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
	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 were fined for non-payment of child maintenance in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	15112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service does not fine Paying Parents for not paying their child maintenance. They do however recover the unpaid child maintenance through the use of enforcements actions such as deductions from earrings orders, deduction orders and civil enforcement. In cases where the Child Maintenance Service believe the Paying Parent can pay, but are refusing to do so they can apply to the courts to send the Paying Parents to prison, disqualifying them from holding or obtaining a passport or driving licence. The figures described can be found in the quarterly National Tables for the Child Maintenance Service statistics (data to September 2019), Table 12 (“Enforcement Actions”). This is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-september-2019-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-september-2019-experimental</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/02/2020 13:40:02 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

48710

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many representations he has received opposing the removal of customer access phones from Jobcentre Plus offices; which Jobcentre Plus offices serving constituents of Ogmore constituency have been affected by the removal of customer access phones from such offices; and how many people in Ogmore constituency are being serviced by each such Jobcentre Plus office.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Huw Irranca-Davies
	uin	196609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has received a number of representations on the removal of Customer Access Phones. The Department operates an Operational Stakeholder Engagement Forum, made up of charities, community organisations and customer representative groups, and this issue will be discussed at the next meeting of the Forum in May.</p><p> </p><p>Jobcentres provide face to face support for claimants. Following the removal of Customer Access Phones, claimants who require access to a phone in connection with their benefit or job search will still be given controlled access to a telephone in a Jobcentre.</p><p> </p><p>Ogmore constituents are served by several Jobcentres as the Jobcentre network does not reflect constituency boundaries. A summary follows by Jobcentre in the constituency:</p><p> </p><p>Bridgend Jobcentre</p><p>Customer Access Phones have not yet been removed.</p><p> </p><p>Maesteg Jobcentre</p><p>Customer Access Phones were withdrawn, replaced by a new assisted service of face to face support in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Llantrisant Jobcentre</p><p>Customer Access Phones were withdrawn, replaced by a new assisted service of face to face support in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Porth Jobcentre</p><p>One Customer Access Phone is currently available; three were withdrawn between November 2013 and January 2014, because of falling demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Jobcentre boundaries do not match constituency boundaries so we can only provide a breakdown for Ogmore in total, these follow below:</p><p> </p><p>· Total JSA claimants (March 2014): 1,559</p><p>(Source: ONS claimant count with rates and proportions)</p><p> </p><p>· Total claimants (Working-age client group – key benefit claimants (August 2013)): 10,510</p><p>(Source: DWP benefit claimants - working age client group)</p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	1476 label Biography information for Huw Irranca-Davies

1540554

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2022
	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	Bereavement Support Payment and Widowed Parent's Allowance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have claimed (a) Widowed Parent's Allowance and (b) the Bereavement Support Payment since the eligibility of those payments was extended to surviving cohabiting partners with dependent children who were not in a legal union with the deceased on the date of death.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	82390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We cannot currently accept claims for Widowed Parent’s Allowance or Bereavement Support Payment from those who were not in a legal union with their deceased partner. This is because the draft Bereavement Benefits (Remedial) Order, which proposes to extend eligibility for these benefits to surviving cohabiting partners with dependent children, has not yet become law. We laid the draft Order in Parliament on 13 October 2022. It will lay in Parliament for a 60-day period, and will need to be debated and voted upon in both Houses of Parliament before it can become law.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 14/11/2022 17:00:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1178760

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	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 her Department is taking to help ensure that paying parents do not delay settlement of their child maintenance liabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	15109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) continues to take steps to improve compliance, and deal with non-compliance before enforcement action is needed. Where compliance cannot be achieved and the parent is employed, we will attempt to deduct their maintenance and any arrears directly from their earnings. The CMS can also deduct directly from bank accounts as a lump sum or regular amount. We have a range of other strong enforcement powers, including the use of Enforcement Agents to take control of goods, forcing the sale of property, disqualification from holding a UK passport or commitment to prison.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/02/2020 12:50:05 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1178761

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	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 Child Maintenance Service’s deduction from earnings orders for child maintenance were not complied with in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	15110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>Information relating to the number of Deduction from Earnings Orders / Requests being used to collect child maintenance each quarter, and their compliance is published online as part of the quarterly Child Maintenance Service statistics. The latest publication includes information to September 2019. This is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-september-2019-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-statistics-data-to-september-2019-experimental</a></p><p> </p><p>The requested information is published in the National Tables, Table 12 (“Enforcement Actions”).</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/02/2020 13:13:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1178762

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	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 employers are complying with the seven day deadline of deduction from earnings orders, to ensure child maintenance is deducted from the parents pay.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	15111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>To ensure that employers meet their obligations to deduct child maintenance from earnings, the Child Maintenance Group (CMG) has taken the following steps:</p><p> </p><ul><li>new employers are issued with a comprehensive welcome pack detailing their role and responsibilities;</li><li>the CMG has a dedicated Employer Payment Team (EPT) to assist and support employers with this process;</li><li>EPT call every employer new to CMG within seven days and talk them through our welcome pack;</li><li>we have enhanced specific procedures and training for Deduction from Earnings Orders (DEO) to ensure they are implemented promptly and accurately;</li><li>we have established DEO ambassadors to assist caseworkers across our organisation; and</li><li>we ensure Enforcement action where an employer is deemed non-compliant.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/02/2020 13:25:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

765733

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	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 estimate he has made of the number of people declaring incorrect incomes to avoid child support payments in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	105878
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>The requested information is not readily available and can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 12/10/2017 13:32:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

862111

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	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 has taken to reduce the number of people declaring incorrect incomes to avoid child support payments in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	132530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on paying parents who use limited companies. The Child Maintenance Service obtains income information directly from HMRC and includes almost all sources of income declared to that Department for tax purposes. The specially trained Financial Investigation Unit (FIU) is able to look into cases where there is concern about a parent’s income. The FIU has been expanded since it was set up in 2014; and between October and December 2017 it opened over 1200 complex earner investigations. We recently consulted on a new Child Maintenance Compliance and Arrears strategy which proposed further improvements to the treatment of the income of complex earners, such as high value assets owned by a parent being used to create a notional income. Our response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 132531 question first answered 21/03/2018 12:06:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

862112

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	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 estimate she has made of the number of people using limited companies to declare incorrect incomes to avoid child support payments in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	132531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on paying parents who use limited companies. The Child Maintenance Service obtains income information directly from HMRC and includes almost all sources of income declared to that Department for tax purposes. The specially trained Financial Investigation Unit (FIU) is able to look into cases where there is concern about a parent’s income. The FIU has been expanded since it was set up in 2014; and between October and December 2017 it opened over 1200 complex earner investigations. We recently consulted on a new Child Maintenance Compliance and Arrears strategy which proposed further improvements to the treatment of the income of complex earners, such as high value assets owned by a parent being used to create a notional income. Our response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 132530 question first answered 21/03/2018 12:06:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

752833

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of children were in poverty in Ogmore constituency in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	5180
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>National statistics on the number of children in relative low income are set out in the annual &quot;Households Below Average Income&quot; publication. The number and proportion of children in relative low income is not available at local authority or constituency level in this publication because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography.</p><p> </p><p>Latest 3-year estimates for Wales of the proportion and number of children in low income are available in Table 4.16ts and Table 4.17ts in the file “4_children_timeseries_risk” from this link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 20/07/2017 10:58:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore