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170553

	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	Public Health Funerals
	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 paupers' funerals in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) England and (e) Northern Ireland in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	218762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>My department does not collect data on the number of Local Authority funerals.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 18/12/2014 11:57:14 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227324

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	227551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department publishes details of all staff engaged off payroll in its Annual Report and Accounts and the information requested can be found at the following links:</p><p /> <p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/323953/dwp-annual-report-accounts-2013-2014.PDF" target="_blank">DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2013-2014</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/264555/dwp-annual-report-accounts-2012-2013.pdf" target="_blank">DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2012-2013</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214340/dwp-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-2012.pdf" target="_blank">DWP Annual Report and Accounts 2011-2012</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wirral West answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 18/03/2015 16:31:32 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227594

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff in his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	227602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Workforce information including off-payroll staff (agency staff, interim managers, contractors and consultants) for the Ministry of Justice, its agencies and executive non-departmental public bodies is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-moj" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-management-information-moj</a></p><p>Information prior to March 2011 is not held by the department.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 23/03/2015 15:00:26 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

65803

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	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 respect of Child Support Agency child maintenance owed to parents with care, how many arrears-only cases there are (a) where money is flowing and (b) where no money is flowing.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	203881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>At March 2014 there were 532,500 Child Support Agency cases which had arrears with no ongoing liability. Of those, there were 37,000 cases where money was flowing and 495,500 cases where no money was flowing.</p><p> </p><p>Note: This includes cases administered on the 1993 and 2003 Schemes only.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 08/07/2014 11:30:11 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

48993

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2014
	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 much remains outstanding in child maintenance arrears by (a) UK parliamentary constituency area and (b) local authority area in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	197190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Information on the amount of child maintenance arrears owed by (a) UK parliamentary constituency will be placed in the Library.</p><p> </p><p>The information on child maintenance arrears by (b) local authority area is already published and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284686/csa_qtr_summ_stats_regional_dec13.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284686/csa_qtr_summ_stats_regional_dec13.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>The table contains outstanding arrears figures as at December 2012 and December 2013 broken down by each local authority. Although arrears figures are available in previously published versions of the regional tables (available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics--2</a>) these figures are not comparable due to a different methodology.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

62766

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	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 Child Support Agency cases there are (a) non-resident parents with a nil liability at present but at least one child of qualifying age and (b) non-resident parents with a zero assessment because a case has been cancelled or withdrawn or there are no children of qualifying age remaining on the case in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	201264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Child Support Agency (CSA) administers the 1993 and 2003 Statutory Child Maintenance Schemes in Great Britain.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Of the total CSA Caseload, the number of cases in which the non-resident parent has either a nil liability at present but at least one child of qualifying age (No Current Liability) or a zero assessment because a case has been cancelled or withdrawn or there are no children of qualifying age remaining on the case (No Ongoing Liability) is shown in the table below, as at March 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(a) No Current Liability</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) No Ongoing Liability</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p>32,200</p></td><td><p>88,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>287,300</p></td><td><p>822,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>22,200</p></td><td><p>61,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>1,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td><td><p>186,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Overall</strong></p></td><td><p>343,800</p></td><td><p>1,159,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes:</p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>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).</li><li>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.</li><li>Figures rounded to the nearest 100. Breakdowns may not sum to overall figures due to rounding.</li><li>Figures are broken down from the No Liability cases published on page 58 of the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics-march-2014" target="_blank">Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics</a>.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/06/2014 15:49:17 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

62770

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	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 timetable he has set for the closure of Child Support Agency cases which do not form part of the Agency's current live caseload.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	201266
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department is prioritising the closure over the next three years of cases with an ongoing child maintenance liability, and taking steps to minimise disruption as far as possible for parents who wish the statutory service to continue collecting maintenance on their behalf. Plans for handling cases where there is no ongoing liability, but arrears are owed, are still under consideration. Where there is a link between one of these arrears only cases, and an application to the 2012 scheme, action will be taken to bring that arrears only case up-to-date, before moving it across to the Child Maintenance Service.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 201263 question first answered 24/06/2014 12:53:18 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

62775

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2014
	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 arrears validation processes are carried out on Child Support Agency cases which do not form part of the caseload before those arrears are transferred to the Child Maintenance Service for collection.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	201263
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Department is prioritising the closure over the next three years of cases with an ongoing child maintenance liability, and taking steps to minimise disruption as far as possible for parents who wish the statutory service to continue collecting maintenance on their behalf. Plans for handling cases where there is no ongoing liability, but arrears are owed, are still under consideration. Where there is a link between one of these arrears only cases, and an application to the 2012 scheme, action will be taken to bring that arrears only case up-to-date, before moving it across to the Child Maintenance Service.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 201266 question first answered 24/06/2014 12:53:18 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

64863

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2014
	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	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, what average time was taken between an application being made and benefit paid for (a) attendance allowance, (b) bereavement benefits, (c) carer's allowance, (d) disability living allowance, (e) employment and support allowance, (f) jobseeker's allowance, (g) maternity benefits, (h) housing benefit, (i) council tax benefit and (j) pension credit in (i) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (ii) England, (iii) Scotland, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each of the last four years including the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	202987
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information regarding when a benefit is paid is not available as this can vary from each claim depending on circumstances, payment type and frequency of payment.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 07/07/2014 16:40:47 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

48712

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	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, what the average time taken was between an application being made and benefit paid for (a) attendance allowance, (b) bereavement benefits, (c) carer's allowance, (d) disability living allowance, (e) employment and support allowance, (f) jobseeker's allowance, (g) maternity benefits, (h) housing benefit, (i) council tax benefit and (j) pension credit in the most recent period for which figures are available in (i) Airdrie and Shotts constituency, (ii) Scotland and (iii) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
	uin	196601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information regarding when a benefit is paid is not available as this can vary from each claim depending on circumstances, payment type and frequency of payment.</p><p> </p><p>The data that is available is the Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT) which is the average time taken between an application being made and the date the customer was notified of the decision on their claim.</p><p> </p><p>Please see the most recent AACT data in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Claims Actual Average Clearance Time (AACT)</p></td><td><p>National Year-End 2013/2014</p></td><td><p>Scotland Year End 2013/2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Attendance Allowance claims AACT</p></td><td><p> </p><p>14.3</p></td><td><p> </p><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bereavement Benefit Claims AACT</p></td><td><p> </p><p>15.9</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carers Allowance claims AACT</p></td><td><p> </p><p>N/A</p></td><td><p> </p><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disability Living Allowance claims AACT</p></td><td><p> </p><p>22.4</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employment &amp; Support Allowance claims AACT</p></td><td><p> </p><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jobseekers Allowance claims AACT</p></td><td><p> </p><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maternity Allowance Claims AACT</p></td><td><p> </p><p>7.3</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pension Credit claims AACT</p></td><td><p> </p><p>7.15</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit are administered by local authorities and not the DWP. Processing statistics for these benefits can be found at</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?publication_filter_option=statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?publication_filter_option=statistics</a></strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash