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168402

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	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 members of his Department's executive board are disabled.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	217408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department is unable to provide the answer to this question as, in line with Cabinet Office guidance and ONS best practice, we redact sensitive personal information where the results may show less than four individuals, thereby compromising their anonymity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The membership of the Departmental Executive Team can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 217366 217387 question first answered 15/12/2014 14:58:40 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

225299

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	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	Bank Services: Greater London
	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 in London, and in each London borough, who do not have a bank account.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	226279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. Benefit and Pension recipients who do not have a bank account are paid by Simple Payment.</p><p>As of 15<sup>th</sup> January 2015, there were <del class="ministerial">45,911 </del> <ins class="ministerial">44,528</ins> benefit recipients and pensioners in Great Britain being paid by Simple Payment.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 09/03/2015 16:34:23 question first ministerially corrected 25/03/2015 10:50:49 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb previous answer version 48695 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

228241

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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	Bank Services: Pendle
	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 in Pendle who do not have a bank account.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	228042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information is not available in the format requested. However benefit and pension recipients who do not have a bank account are paid by Simple Payment. As of 15<sup>th</sup> February 2015, there were 44,000 benefit and pension recipients in Great Britain being paid by Simple Payment.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/03/2015 09:30:19 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

223086

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2015
	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: Day Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will provide guidance to families with variable incomes on how best to choose between universal credit and the tax-free childcare scheme; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	224915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Whilst parents can only receive support from either Universal Credit or Tax-Free Childcare at any time, where families are eligible for both they will have the freedom to choose the scheme which best meets their needs, and will be able to move freely between schemes when they experience a relevant change in circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Draft guidance for parents on Tax-Free Childcare has already been published online for consultation by HMRC. There will also be an easy-to-use online calculator for parents choosing between Universal Credit and Tax-Free Childcare. Parents will be able to enter details about their personal circumstances to quickly see what support they may be entitled to and how much they may get.</p><p> </p><p>The DWP continues to work closely with HMRC to ensure the two schemes complement each other effectively, and that parents will have the guidance they need in order to make an informed decision on which scheme will provide the best support for them.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 25/02/2015 11:04:31 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

170021

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2014
	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
	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 how many live Child Support Agency cases with maintenance arrears there is an arrears charging schedule in place; and in how many such cases arrears repayments are being made in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	218415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The table below shows the number of Child Support Agency cases with an arrears liability and the number of those cases paying towards arrears in the quarter ending September 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Cases with an Arrears Liability</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Paying Towards Arrears</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>105,600</p></td><td><p>19,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>1,026,400</p></td><td><p>199,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>73,200</p></td><td><p>14,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>2,700</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other<sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>50,500</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>1,258,400</p></td><td><p>234,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. In January 2012 new methodology was introduced to provide a more accurate view of the number of cases contributing towards arrears. Previously, arrears collected figures included arrears of maintenance that have been linked to an arrears collection schedule. In the new methodology, payments above the current liability are counted as receipts towards arrears.</p><p>2. The latest <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics-september-2014" target="_blank">Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics</a> contains data up to September 2014. Table 10: Cases Contributing Towards Arrears, shows the number of cases with an arrears liability and also the number of cases paying towards arrears.</p><p>3. Figures rounded to the nearest 100 and may not sum due to rounding.</p><p>4. Northern Ireland cases include cases managed by the CSA in Great Britain where the Parent with Care lives in Northern Ireland. This does not include cases managed by the Northern Ireland Child Maintenance Enforcement Division (CMED).</p><p>5. Cases included in the ‘Other’ category are cases where either the Parent with Care has moved abroad, or where the area of the Parent with Care is Unknown.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 16/12/2014 11:53:24 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

170549

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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
	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 liability orders for oustanding child maintenance arrears have been issued to non-resident parents in each of the last four years for which figures are available in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) England, (e) Northern Ireland, (f) each local authority area and (g) each Parliamentary constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	218761
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Figures on the number of liability orders granted in relation to cases administered by the Child Support Agency is published in table 17 (page 44) of the latest <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics-september-2014" target="_blank">Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics</a>, which contains data up to September 2014. Information on liability orders broken down by country is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We are not yet in a position to release full statistics on the 2012 Scheme, administered by the Child Maintenance Service, but when system data becomes available and fully assured they will be released as part of a managed process, which will be pre-announced and in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 18/12/2014 11:52:45 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

170550

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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
	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 liability orders that have been issued for outstanding child maintenance arrears have led to (a) prosecutions, (b) disclosed information about the paying parent to credit reference agencies, (c) new enforcement charges being levied to non-residential parents in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales, (iv) England, (v) Northern Ireland, (vi) each local authority area and (vii) each parliamentary constituency in each of the last four years for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	218752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>(a) Information on the number of liability orders that have led to a prosecution is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Figures on the number of prosecutions is published in table 17 (page 44) of the latest <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics-september-2014" target="_blank">Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics</a>, which contains data up to September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>(b) Regulations to enable these new powers are due to be laid in Parliament in March 2015 with the intention being that they come into force by the end of the same month.</p><p> </p><p>(c) Enforcement charges only relate to the 2012 Scheme, which opened to all applicants on 30 November 2013. We are not yet in a position to release full statistics on the 2012 Scheme, but when system data becomes available and fully assured they will be released as part of a managed process, which will be pre-announced and in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 18/12/2014 13:06:02 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

170551

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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
	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 the Child Support Agency has collected in current maintenance and arrears in each of the last four years for which figures are available; and what the total maintenance liabilities were in each such year.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	218751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The table below shows yearly figures for liability accrued and collections towards maintenance and arrears by the Child Support Agency.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Rolling 12 Months:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Liability Accrued (£m)<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Maintenance Collected (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Of which, Contribution towards Arrears (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March 2011<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£768.9</p></td><td><p>£125.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March 2012<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£790.8</p></td><td><p>£118.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March 2013</strong></p></td><td><p>£915.7</p></td><td><p>£828.4</p></td><td><p>£167.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March 2014</strong></p></td><td><p>£942.4</p></td><td><p>£849.0</p></td><td><p>£155.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Annual liability is only available from March 2013 due to new methodology only being available from January 2012. Maintenance Collected and Contribution towards Arrears are based on old methodology for March 2011 and March 2012.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 18/12/2014 12:58:56 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

170555

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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
	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 was outstanding in child maintenance arrears in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	218713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>(a) The attached document (CM arrears by Parliamentary Constituency) provides a breakdown of outstanding child maintenance arrears on cases administered by the Child Support Agency (CSA) by parliamentary constituency, as at June 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Outstanding child maintenance arrears, on cases administered by the CSA, broken down by local authority is published in the six-monthly regional tables. The latest published regional figures contain data as at June 2014 which can be found at the following link:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/347756/csa_qtr_summ_stats_regional_jun14.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/347756/csa_qtr_summ_stats_regional_jun14.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 18/12/2014 13:31:08 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb attachment 1 file name CM arrears by Parliamentary Constituency.xls title CM arrears by Parliamentary Constituency
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

170556

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	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
	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 amount is outstanding in child maintenance arrears in (a) Airdrie and Shotts constituency and (b) Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	218688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The table below shows the outstanding maintenance arrears for Child Support Agency (CSA) cases as at June 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Airdrie and Shotts</strong></p></td><td><p>£6,714,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p>£304,960,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>1. Figures rounded to nearest £1,000.</p><p>2. Outstanding Arrears figures are the gross arrears position at the end of each quarter sourced from the Agency’s internal MI and relate to outstanding Non-Resident Parent arrears which are then allocated to the Parliamentary Constituency of the Parent with Care. Due to the different sources, figures may differ slightly from CSA’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>3. Local Authorities and Parliamentary constituencies are determined by the region/country specified on the National Statistics Postcode Directory. Due to slight differences between the areas specified for local authorities and parliamentary constituencies on CSA's management information, overall totals may differ. The sum of the total arrears for Scotland by Parliamentary Constituency differs from the sum by local authority by 0.01%.</p><p>4. We are not yet in a position to release full statistics on the 2012 Scheme, administered by the Child Maintenance Service, but when system data becomes available and fully assured they will be released as part of a managed process, which will be pre-announced and in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 18/12/2014 12:41:01 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash