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418002

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Courts: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who is responsible for the collection of data on families, their cases and the time in which they are within the justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	9814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) administers the Family Court and is responsible for recording and monitoring data of family cases on the main case management system. HMCTS use a system of standard operating procedures and data quality checks to ensure the effectiveness of recording data across HMCTS. Data is then extracted each month into a management information system (MIS).</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice use the data to produce the Family Court Statistics Quarterly bulletin which publishes workload and timeliness statistics for the Family Court.</p><p> </p><p>Data on timeliness in care proceedings are also published on the Open Justice website at Designated Family Judge level.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 9815 question first answered 16/09/2015 13:50:46 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

418003

	registered interest
	date	09/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Courts: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the recording of data within the family justice system.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	9815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) administers the Family Court and is responsible for recording and monitoring data of family cases on the main case management system. HMCTS use a system of standard operating procedures and data quality checks to ensure the effectiveness of recording data across HMCTS. Data is then extracted each month into a management information system (MIS).</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice use the data to produce the Family Court Statistics Quarterly bulletin which publishes workload and timeliness statistics for the Family Court.</p><p> </p><p>Data on timeliness in care proceedings are also published on the Open Justice website at Designated Family Judge level.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 9814 question first answered 16/09/2015 13:50:47 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

759273

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Poverty: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the merits of replicating the Welsh Government's child poverty strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	9789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Tackling child poverty and disadvantage is a priority for this government. To do this requires an approach that goes beyond the safety net of the welfare state to tackle the root causes of poverty and disadvantage. This is why the income-related targets and the requirement to publish a child poverty strategy set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010 have been repealed. In their place, we have introduced statutory measures to drive action on parental worklessness and children’s educational attainment – the two areas that we know can make the biggest difference to disadvantaged children.</p><p> </p><p><em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>, published on 4 April, set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s outcomes, now and in the future. It introduced seven non-statutory indicators and underlying measures to track progress in other areas, such as parental conflict, problem debt and homelessness, that are important in tackling the disadvantages that can affect families’ and children’s outcomes.</p><p><br>The Government has a statutory duty to report annually to Parliament on parental worklessness and children’s education attainment. The latest data on the non-statutory indicators will also be published each year.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 9790 9791 9792 9793 question first answered 18/09/2017 13:17:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759274

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Poverty: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to introduce annual reporting against targets for the Government's child poverty strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	9790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Tackling child poverty and disadvantage is a priority for this government. To do this requires an approach that goes beyond the safety net of the welfare state to tackle the root causes of poverty and disadvantage. This is why the income-related targets and the requirement to publish a child poverty strategy set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010 have been repealed. In their place, we have introduced statutory measures to drive action on parental worklessness and children’s educational attainment – the two areas that we know can make the biggest difference to disadvantaged children.</p><p> </p><p><em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>, published on 4 April, set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s outcomes, now and in the future. It introduced seven non-statutory indicators and underlying measures to track progress in other areas, such as parental conflict, problem debt and homelessness, that are important in tackling the disadvantages that can affect families’ and children’s outcomes.</p><p><br>The Government has a statutory duty to report annually to Parliament on parental worklessness and children’s education attainment. The latest data on the non-statutory indicators will also be published each year.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 9789 9791 9792 9793 question first answered 18/09/2017 13:17:08 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759275

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Poverty: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to introduce quantifiable targets for the Government's next child poverty strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	9791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Tackling child poverty and disadvantage is a priority for this government. To do this requires an approach that goes beyond the safety net of the welfare state to tackle the root causes of poverty and disadvantage. This is why the income-related targets and the requirement to publish a child poverty strategy set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010 have been repealed. In their place, we have introduced statutory measures to drive action on parental worklessness and children’s educational attainment – the two areas that we know can make the biggest difference to disadvantaged children.</p><p> </p><p><em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>, published on 4 April, set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s outcomes, now and in the future. It introduced seven non-statutory indicators and underlying measures to track progress in other areas, such as parental conflict, problem debt and homelessness, that are important in tackling the disadvantages that can affect families’ and children’s outcomes.</p><p><br>The Government has a statutory duty to report annually to Parliament on parental worklessness and children’s education attainment. The latest data on the non-statutory indicators will also be published each year.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 9789 9790 9792 9793 question first answered 18/09/2017 13:17:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759276

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Poverty: Children
	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 publish a report on the progress of the delivery of the Government's child poverty strategy against its initial objectives.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	9792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Tackling child poverty and disadvantage is a priority for this government. To do this requires an approach that goes beyond the safety net of the welfare state to tackle the root causes of poverty and disadvantage. This is why the income-related targets and the requirement to publish a child poverty strategy set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010 have been repealed. In their place, we have introduced statutory measures to drive action on parental worklessness and children’s educational attainment – the two areas that we know can make the biggest difference to disadvantaged children.</p><p> </p><p><em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>, published on 4 April, set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s outcomes, now and in the future. It introduced seven non-statutory indicators and underlying measures to track progress in other areas, such as parental conflict, problem debt and homelessness, that are important in tackling the disadvantages that can affect families’ and children’s outcomes.</p><p><br>The Government has a statutory duty to report annually to Parliament on parental worklessness and children’s education attainment. The latest data on the non-statutory indicators will also be published each year.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 9789 9790 9791 9793 question first answered 18/09/2017 13:17:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

759277

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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	Poverty: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to introduce a child poverty strategy for 2018 to 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
	tabling member printed	Ben Lake
	uin	9793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Tackling child poverty and disadvantage is a priority for this government. To do this requires an approach that goes beyond the safety net of the welfare state to tackle the root causes of poverty and disadvantage. This is why the income-related targets and the requirement to publish a child poverty strategy set out in the Child Poverty Act 2010 have been repealed. In their place, we have introduced statutory measures to drive action on parental worklessness and children’s educational attainment – the two areas that we know can make the biggest difference to disadvantaged children.</p><p> </p><p><em>Improving Lives: Helping Workless Families</em>, published on 4 April, set out a framework for a continued focus on improving children’s outcomes, now and in the future. It introduced seven non-statutory indicators and underlying measures to track progress in other areas, such as parental conflict, problem debt and homelessness, that are important in tackling the disadvantages that can affect families’ and children’s outcomes.</p><p><br>The Government has a statutory duty to report annually to Parliament on parental worklessness and children’s education attainment. The latest data on the non-statutory indicators will also be published each year.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 9789 9790 9791 9792 question first answered 18/09/2017 13:17:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

758105

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2017
	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	Discretionary Housing Payments
	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 is taking to ensure that people who want to access Discretionary Housing Payments are not blocked by overly strict criteria set by local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	9286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Discretionary Housing Payments are specifically used for the purpose of helping individuals with their housing costs provided they are in receipt of either Housing Benefit or the housing costs element of Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>These payments are very flexible and can be considered where, in the local authority’s opinion, further financial assistance towards housing costs is required. Local Authorities are able to set their own policy, criteria and application process with payments being made entirely at their discretion.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 9288 question first answered 11/09/2017 12:03:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

758098

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2017
	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	Discretionary Housing Payments
	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 is taking to ensure that Discretionary Housing Payments are being spent for the intended purpose by local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
	tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
	uin	9288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Discretionary Housing Payments are specifically used for the purpose of helping individuals with their housing costs provided they are in receipt of either Housing Benefit or the housing costs element of Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>These payments are very flexible and can be considered where, in the local authority’s opinion, further financial assistance towards housing costs is required. Local Authorities are able to set their own policy, criteria and application process with payments being made entirely at their discretion.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 9286 question first answered 11/09/2017 12:03:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

756333

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	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	Housing Benefit: Veterans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the under-occupancy charge on ex-service personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	7619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 7620 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:29:05 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock