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418990

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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: 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 his Department takes to ensure that absentee fathers are financially responsible for their dependent children.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	10282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>The new statutory child maintenance scheme (“the 2012 Scheme” - administered by the Child Maintenance Service) has a number of key features designed to ensure that non-resident parents meet their financial responsibilities to their children. <br></p><p>For example, the 2012 Scheme uses tax data taken directly from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, addressing challenges around ensuring that the child maintenance calculation is based on accurate earnings information. The scheme also enables swifter identification and follow-up of those non-resident parents who fail to pay their child maintenance. <br></p><p>Where non-resident parents fail to meet their liabilities, there are a range of enforcement powers; for example, child maintenance can be taken directly from bank accounts and wages; non-resident parents are subject to charges for any enforcement action taken against them; and the Government has also introduced a new power to disclose non-compliance to credit reference agencies.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions is responsible for the Child Maintenance Service in Great Britain, in Northern Ireland Child Maintenance is administered by the Department for Social Development.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/09/2015 12:25:34 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

418982

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	Social Security Benefits: Brighton
	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 received an assessment for both employment and support allowance and personal independence payment in (a) 2014 and (b) the first six months of 2015 in Brighton and Hove local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Hove
	tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
	uin	10287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/10/2015 14:13:42 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

418986

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	Employment and Support Allowance: Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessments in connection with claims for employment and support allowance have been carried out in (a) Inverclyde, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	10296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>A total of 5,100 work capability assessments were carried out in Inverclyde; 221,900 in Scotland, and; 1,914,000 in Britain between April 2013 and March 2015. All figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. The assessments include Employment and Support Allowance initial assessments, repeat assessments and Incapacity Benefit reassessments.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/09/2015 11:06:37 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

418987

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	Universal Credit: Inverclyde
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when universal credit will be rolled out in Inverclyde constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	10297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>Inverclyde is part of our Tranche 3 roll out schedule which runs from September 2015 to November 2015 and goes live on 12 October 2015.</p><p> </p><p>More information can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414937/universal-credit-national-expansion-tranche-three-and-four.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414937/universal-credit-national-expansion-tranche-three-and-four.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/09/2015 11:01:39 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

418988

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	Jobseeker's Allowance: Habitual Residence Test
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK citizens have been unsuccessful in claiming jobseeker's allowance since January 2014 because they did not meet the criteria for the habitual residence test.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	10298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Statistical information regarding the habitual residence test is intended for publication at a future date.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/09/2015 11:35:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

418846

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	International Labour Organization
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the UK's membership of the International Labour Organisation.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
	tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
	uin	10328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We continue to support the ILO’s work and actively engage with the ILO to ensure that it can offer effective policy solutions that address the employment issues and challenges of an increasingly globalised economy.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/09/2015 11:39:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

418996

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	Work Capability Assessment: Mental Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what requirement there is on an assessor to report that a claimant reports suicidal thoughts or intentions during a work capability assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	10351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>During a Work Capability Assessment there is a requirement to assess both physical and mental health risks. This is covered in the guidance issued to Centre for Health and Disability Assessments (CHDA) healthcare professionals. Specifically, if a claimant indicates suicidal thoughts or intentions this is given careful and sensitive exploration by healthcare professionals to establish the full circumstances. There is a duty of care to act where appropriate, which may in some situations include calling the emergency services if the claimant is considered to be in substantial and imminent risk. If the claimants own GP is not aware then an agreed process is followed to inform the GP to ensure medical attention is provided.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/10/2015 16:39:56 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

418994

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects all NHS charges claim forms to include a box applicable for universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	10358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>We are in active conversations with the Department of Health about the content of their forms.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 10360 question first answered 12/10/2015 14:25:18 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

418995

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2015
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many outstanding sanctions and appeals are related to universal credit claimants not ticking the appropriate box on NHS charges claim forms when claiming help with NHS health costs in cases where the claim forms do not include such a box.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	10360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>We are in active conversations with the Department of Health about the content of their forms.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 10358 question first answered 12/10/2015 14:25:18 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

419174

	registered interest
	date	16/09/2015
	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, what estimate he has made of the average proportion of income spent by parents on childcare in (a) the UK and (b) London in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	10521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>No estimate has been made of the average proportion of income spent by parents on childcare in the UK and London in each of the last five years.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/10/2015 14:35:12 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali