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star this property date less than 2019-09-04more like thismore than 2019-09-04
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Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Children: Maintenance remove filter
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times the Child Maintenance Service has used its power to disqualify non-compliant paying parents from holding or obtaining a (a) passport and (b) driving licence. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Motherwell and Wishaw more like this
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Marion Fellows more like this
star this property uin 286806 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2019-09-09more like thismore than 2019-09-09
star this property answer text <p>This information is not reported. However we do hold clerical data and can advise 15 driving licenses have been removed or suspended and 3 passports have been suspended.</p><p>The information regarding committal orders, or sanctions as they are called in the Child Maintenance Service, are reported in our published statistics and can be on found table 11 of the tables document on the attached link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-august-2013-to-march-2019-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-august-2013-to-march-2019-experimental</a></p><p>We reported enforcement activities in our CSA statistics until September 2017 when we reduced the number of tables published because most CSA cases had been closed or had begun the Case Closure process. The last publication including the enforcement activities can be found on table 22 of the attached link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-june-2017</a></p>
star this property answering member constituency Eastleigh more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
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less than 2019-09-09T12:06:20.637Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-09T12:06:20.637Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Marion Fellows more like this
1142674
unstar this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2019-09-02more like thismore than 2019-09-02
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Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Children: Maintenance remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many enforcement actions the HMRC and Child Maintenance Group liaison group has conducted since January 2017. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Glenrothes more like this
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Peter Grant more like this
star this property uin 284156 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2019-09-05more like thismore than 2019-09-05
star this property answer text <p>The Department is currently working with HMRC to identify opportunities for closer working on a range of enforcement activities, as part of the implementation of the DWP’s child maintenance compliance and arrears strategy.</p><p>Alongside this work the Department’s Financial Investigations Unit continues to conduct investigations into child maintenance matters. Between January and March 2019 the CMS’s Financial Investigations Unit launched 530 complex earnings investigations and 20 criminal investigations.</p><p> </p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Eastleigh more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
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less than 2019-09-05T11:29:36.69Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-05T11:29:36.69Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Peter Grant more like this
1142697
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star this property date less than 2019-09-02more like thismore than 2019-09-02
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Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Children: Maintenance remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance her Department issues to (a) non-resident parents and (b) parents with care on changes to their child maintenance calculations when their case transfers from the Child Support Agency to the Child Maintenance Service. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Motherwell and Wishaw more like this
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Marion Fellows more like this
star this property uin 284195 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2019-09-09more like thismore than 2019-09-09
star this property answer text <p>Ahead of closure Child Support Agency send customers a series of letters advising about their case closing and what they can do should they want child maintenance payments to continue. This advice includes making an advance application to the Child Maintenance Service, t o ensure there are no breaks in child maintenance.</p><p> </p><p>When the Child Support Agency case is closed, we write to non-resident parent during the stage where we are confirming the arrears position, to remind them of the amount we have worked out they owe. We advise them to contact us if they have any other relevant information which would impact this. A letter is then sent to receiving parent advising we have confirmed their balance of child maintenance. Where child maintenance is owed, we ask if the balance is correct and if they want their arrears written off or managed by Child Maintenance Service. Parents are provided with contact details to discuss their case, at all points.</p><p> </p><p>In cases where the arrears are moved to Child Maintenance Service, a letter is sent to both parties confirming their Child Support Agency case is fully closed. We also advise the unpaid child maintenance is now being managed by Child Maintenance Service. This provides the parent with the new telephone number they will need if they wish to contact Child Maintenance Service.</p><p> </p><p>Where there is a new Child Maintenance Service case, which was previously a Child Support Agency case, the calculation can change. This is because it is a fresh start under the new service, with new rules and data.</p><p> </p><p>At the outset of a Child Maintenance Service case, we issue an indicative calculation letter to the parents. This explains the new calculation, including the information used in the calculation. This provides opportunity for the non-resident parent to provide any further information that would impact the calculation. Following this we issue an initial calculation letter which confirms the calculation and the details used.</p><p> </p><p>Parents are advised they have the opportunity, throughout the application process and the life of the case as well as at annual review stage, to challenge the information used and request change.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Eastleigh more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
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less than 2019-09-09T13:21:58.983Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-09T13:21:58.983Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
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4440
unstar this property label Biography information for Marion Fellows more like this
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unstar this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2019-09-02more like thismore than 2019-09-02
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Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Children: Maintenance remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have had their (a) driving licence and (b) passport removed as a result of Child Maintenance Service enforcement measures. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Arfon more like this
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Hywel Williams more like this
star this property uin 284276 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2019-09-09more like thismore than 2019-09-09
star this property answer text <p>This information is not reported. However we do hold clerical data and can advise 15 driving licenses have been removed or suspended and 3 passports have been suspended.</p><p> </p><p>The information regarding committal orders, or sanctions as they are called in the Child Maintenance Service, are reported in our published statistics and can be on found table 11 of the tables document on the attached link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-august-2013-to-march-2019-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-august-2013-to-march-2019-experimental</a></p><p> </p><p>We reported enforcement activities in our CSA statistics until September 2017 when we reduced the number of tables published because most CSA cases had been closed or had begun the Case Closure process. The last publication including the enforcement activities can be found on table 22 of the attached link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-june-2017</a></p>
star this property answering member constituency Eastleigh more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
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less than 2019-09-09T12:45:51.803Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-09T12:45:51.803Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Hywel Williams more like this
1142961
unstar this property registered interest false more like this
star this property date less than 2019-09-02more like thismore than 2019-09-02
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Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Children: Maintenance remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what her Department's timescale is for notifying all parents who may be eligible to receive historical Child Support Agency arrears. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Glenrothes more like this
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Peter Grant more like this
star this property uin 284221 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2019-09-05more like thismore than 2019-09-05
star this property answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service began writing to parents with historic CSA arrears in December 2018. We anticipate that we will have written to all eligible parents by August 2020.</p><p>The notice provides the parent with care an opportunity to make representation within 60 days if they want a last attempt made to collect their historic CSA arrears.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Eastleigh more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
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less than 2019-09-05T15:50:51.62Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-05T15:50:51.62Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
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4466
unstar this property label Biography information for Peter Grant more like this
1143402
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star this property date less than 2019-09-02more like thismore than 2019-09-02
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Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Children: Maintenance remove filter
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star this property pref label House of Commons more like this
star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to identify whether parents with claims for historical Child Support Agency arrears (a) are still residing at their last known address and (b) have moved to a new address. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Glenrothes more like this
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Peter Grant more like this
star this property uin 284527 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2019-09-06more like thismore than 2019-09-06
star this property answer text <p>Legally, it is the responsibility of the customer to inform us if their address changes and as part of preparing a case we are ensuring that any outstanding change of addresses are processed. If a customer has not informed us of a change but have informed another part of DWP or HMRC then their address should have been updated on the Customer Information Service (CIS), and then we will automatically be informed and the clients record updated accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>CSA will write to both parents at the most recent address we hold for them. If this is unsuccessful, we will attempt to trace them using the trace tools available to us. Trace activity would include using any information provided by the receiving parent on the representation letter in order to find the paying parents current location.</p><p> </p><p>If, at the point of issuing a representation letter to the customer, we hold a Dead Letter Office (DLO) or No Fixed Abode (NFA) address for the customer the system suspends the representation and flags to the case worker to conduct a trace action.</p><p> </p><p>If during representation a letter is returned DLO or NFA then the caseworker is instructed by procedures to suspend the representation and complete trace action.</p><p> </p><p>If trace action is successful then the address will be updated the representation period restarted. Only if trace action is unsuccessful would we then continue to write off CSA debts.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Eastleigh more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
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less than 2019-09-06T13:30:30.097Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-06T13:30:30.097Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Peter Grant more like this
1143786
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star this property date less than 2019-09-02more like thismore than 2019-09-02
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Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Children: Maintenance remove filter
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2019 to Question 267247 on Children: Maintenance, what assessment she has made of the effect on inequality in the constituent parts of the UK of calculating child maintenance liabilities using gross income. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Linlithgow and East Falkirk more like this
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Martyn Day more like this
star this property uin 285165 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2019-09-05more like thismore than 2019-09-05
star this property answer text <p>An assessment into the effect of the child maintenance calculation on inequality in different constituencies in the UK has not been conducted. Child maintenance is calculated as a percentage of a non-resident parent’s income, according to a formula that is intended to ensure that maintenance is affordable and adapts to changes in living costs over time.</p><p /><p><strong> </strong></p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Eastleigh more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
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less than 2019-09-05T11:44:11.857Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-05T11:44:11.857Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Martyn Day more like this
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star this property date less than 2019-09-02more like thismore than 2019-09-02
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Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Children: Maintenance remove filter
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much money was collected by the Child Maintenance Service through the (a) £20 application fee, (b) 4 per cent collection fee and (c) 20 per cent collection fee on non-resident parents in (i) Motherwell and Wishaw constituency, (ii) North Lanarkshire, and (iii) Scotland in the last twelve months. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Motherwell and Wishaw more like this
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Marion Fellows more like this
star this property uin 285335 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2019-09-06more like thismore than 2019-09-06
star this property answer text <p>We do not hold this information at a regional level.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Eastleigh more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
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less than 2019-09-06T11:52:39.17Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-06T11:52:39.17Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Marion Fellows more like this
1143869
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star this property date less than 2019-09-02more like thismore than 2019-09-02
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Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Children: Maintenance remove filter
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount of outstanding arrears owed under the (a) Child Maintenance Service and (b) Child Support Agency in (i) Motherwell and Wishaw constituency, (ii) North Lanarkshire, and (iii) Scotland. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Motherwell and Wishaw more like this
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Marion Fellows more like this
star this property uin 285336 more like this
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star this property is ministerial correction false more like this
star this property date of answer less than 2019-09-06more like thismore than 2019-09-06
star this property answer text <p>The following table shows the amount of outstanding child maintenance arrears. This has been split into that which was arranged by the CMS, and maintenance which was arranged under the Child Support Agency (CSA), which is either still held on CSA systems or the arrears have been transitioned to the CMS to be collected.</p><p> </p><p>The data for outstanding arrears under the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) is up to the end of March 2019. The data for outstanding arrears under the Child Support Agency (CSA), still held on CSA systems, is up to the end of December 2018. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Outstanding CMS arrears, up to March 2019</p></td><td><p>Outstanding CSA arrears, now transitioned to CMS, up to March 2019</p></td><td><p>Outstanding CSA arrears, still held on CSA systems up to December 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motherwell and Wishaw</p></td><td><p>£356,000</p></td><td><p>£1,066,000</p></td><td><p>£2,797,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p>£1,501,000</p></td><td><p>£3,704,000</p></td><td><p>*£13,086,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>£20,269,000</p></td><td><p>£50,872,000</p></td><td><p>*£168,180,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Figures are published in the regional tables of the Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-december-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>Note: data from arrears held on the CMS systems is based on Paying Parent address, whereas data held on the CSA systems is based on receiving parent address.</p>
star this property answering member constituency Eastleigh more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
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less than 2019-09-06T11:27:52.83Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-06T11:27:52.83Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
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4440
unstar this property label Biography information for Marion Fellows more like this
1143870
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star this property date less than 2019-09-02more like thismore than 2019-09-02
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Department for Work and Pensions remove filter
star this property answering dept id 29 more like this
unstar this property answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
star this property hansard heading Children: Maintenance remove filter
star this property house id 1 more like this
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star this property question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her Department calculates maintenance payment under the Child Maintenance Service using the most up to date complete tax year from HMRC; and if she will make it her policy to use income from the most recent 12 months from HMRC. more like this
star this property tabling member constituency Motherwell and Wishaw more like this
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Marion Fellows more like this
star this property uin 285015 more like this
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star this property date of answer less than 2019-09-06more like thismore than 2019-09-06
star this property answer text <p>Basing the assessment on HMRC data has enabled the Child Maintenance Service to significantly speed up the processing of new cases which can be key to securing regular payments. The information provided is the most recent tax year within the last six years for which they have the complete tax information.</p><p>Many people’s incomes do not change greatly from year to year and therefore historic income is considered close enough to a non-resident parent’s current circumstances. Maintenance liabilities are also assessed via an annual review, which acts as a safeguard to respond to any significant change in financial circumstances. A calculation may be based upon current income if earnings can be shown to be at least 25 per cent different to the historic income figure received from HMRC.</p> more like this
star this property answering member constituency Eastleigh more like this
unstar this property answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
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less than 2019-09-06T13:44:36.367Zmore like thismore than 2019-09-06T13:44:36.367Z
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star this property label Biography information for Mims Davies more like this
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unstar this property label Biography information for Marion Fellows more like this