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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

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

1178035

	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	Chronic Illnesses: Reviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to publish the outcome of her Department’s review of the Special Rules for Terminal Illness and Severe Conditions.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	1156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department is taking forward as a priority its evaluation of how the benefits system supports people nearing the end of their life and those with severe conditions. We have made progress on all areas of this work and will be continuing to engage with clinicians and claimants to ensure their views are heard.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 15001 question first answered 24/02/2020 11:49:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1178449

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2020
	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	Independent Case Examiner
	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 14 January 2020 to Question 1733, on the Independent Case Examiner (ICE), if she will request that the ICE's annual report for 2019-20 includes data on the average number of weeks taken to complete a determination from the date of (a) the complaint and (b) commencement of the investigation.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	1995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>As explained in response to Question 1733, the Independent Case Examiner (ICE) is an Office Holder, appointed under contract to review complaints about DWP and its contracted service providers, and identify wider system issues associated with service failures. Decisions on what information to include in their Annual Report rest with the Office holder, however, your suggestion has been shared with them, to inform future considerations.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/02/2020 12:01:27 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1178578

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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	Independent Serious Case Panel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Independent Serious Case Panel established in 2019; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	14941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>We are absolutely committed to improving our services, especially to the most vulnerable, which is why we have set up the Serious Case Panel. The panel was developed to take themes and systemic issues that come out of various case reviews and make recommendations for improvements.</p><p> </p><p>More information about the Serious Case Panel will be published in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/02/2020 13:32:22 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1177814

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	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 personal independence payment decisions have been challenged (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully at (i) mandatory reconsideration and (ii) tribunal.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>Data on Mandatory Reconsiderations (MR) and appeals for initial decisions following a PIP assessment can be found in Table 5A of the “Data tables: PIP award rates, clearance/outstanding times and tracking of initial decisions following a PIP assessment through to mandatory reconsiderations or appeals, to October 2019” available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-october-2019</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/02/2020 12:23:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1177801

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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	Social Security Benefits
	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 10 September 2019 to Question 12926 on Social Security Benefits, on what dates the Independent Serious Case Panel has met in each year since 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>We are absolutely committed to improving our services, especially to the most vulnerable, which is why we have set up the Serious Case Panel. The panel was developed to take themes and systemic issues that come out of various case reviews and make recommendations for improvements.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Serious Case Panel met on 30 September 2019 and 7 November 2019 and will meet quarterly from now on.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/02/2020 16:46:29 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1177802

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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	Social Security Benefits
	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 10 September 2019 to Question 12926 on Social Security Benefits, if she will publish the agendas of the Independent Serious Case Panel meetings for each meeting that panel has held since 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>More information about the Serious Case Panel will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/02/2020 13:40:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood