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348154

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	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 systems and procedures exist between the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) and the Child Support Agency (CSA) to ensure that where, following a six-month warning notice of CSA case closure, a parent with care applies in advance to the CMS, the new application is not processed prematurely and a case opened by the CMS, prior to the CSA case being closed.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Central to the arrangements for identifying and controlling the steps taken on 2012 scheme applications received from parents with care is the Data Warehouse. The Data Warehouse holds records of all Child Support Agency cases and there is an automatic interface between the Warehouse and the new Child Maintenance Service system.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/06/2015 14:12:47 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

348155

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	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, in how many cases the Child Maintenance Service opened a new case in error before a case subject to the Child Support Agency case closure process was closed in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Child Maintenance Service computer systems automatically check whether clients making applications to the 2012 Scheme also have a case with Child Support Agency (CSA).</p><p> </p><p>At February 2015, the Child Maintenance Service had received around 7,900 new applications from clients with CSA cases which are closing. Of these, 52 (around 0.6%) have had liability set up on the 2012 scheme before their CSA liability ended.</p><p> </p><p>Processes are in place to correct these cases through specialist teams who provide individual advice on a case by case basis. Additionally, to minimise occurrences, the automated lookups to the CSA systems are refreshed regularly and upgrades to the computer software have been made.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/06/2015 14:05:55 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

348157

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 223811, what progress has been made in completing the new Data Warehouse required by his Department to provide full IT functionality to support the 2012 Child Maintenance Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Data warehouse capability has been delivered that provides automated support for new applications to the 2012 Scheme. Work is also underway to deliver additional capability to support the automated movement of relevant Child Support Agency arrears information to the 2012 system.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/06/2015 14:22:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

348167

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	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, for what period of time parents who were formerly in receipt of Child Support Agency maintenance via that agency's collection service will experience a gap in child maintenance payments before their new applications to the Child Maintenance Service made within the six-month notice period are processed and a new payment schedule notified to the paying parent.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has committed to minimise disruption for those parents who wish to continue using the statutory service. We will guarantee that if parents choose to apply to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), and apply before the liability on their Child Support Agency (CSA) case ends, the underlying requirement to pay will continue through to their new case in the CMS.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/06/2015 13:52:50 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

381911

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	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, in what proportion of and how many live Child Support Agency cases there were on maintenance arrears where the non-resident parent is self-employed.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	uin	2863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The non-resident parent is self employed in 7.5% (91,400) of live cases with arrears.</p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Employment information is unavailable for cases managed off system and for some arrears only cases.</p><p>2. Figure rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/06/2015 13:28:27 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

381912

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	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 proportion of and how many Child Support Agency cases being dealt with by that Agency's legal enforcement teams concern non-resident parents who (a) own a company and (b) are otherwise self-employed.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	uin	2862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p>There are 51,500 live cases in legal enforcement, of which the non-resident parent is self employed in 28,400 (55.2%) cases.</p><p> </p><p>Information on non-residents parents who own a company is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Employment information is unavailable for cases managed off system and for some arrears only cases.</p><p>2. Figures rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 2861 question first answered 24/06/2015 13:24:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

381913

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	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 proportion of and how many Child Support Agency cases being dealt with by that Agency's legal enforcement teams concern non-resident parents who are (a) self-employed, (b) self-employed with a company and (c) otherwise self-employed.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	uin	2861
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>There are 51,500 live cases in legal enforcement, of which the non-resident parent is self employed in 28,400 (55.2%) cases.</p><p> </p><p>Information on non-residents parents who own a company is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Employment information is unavailable for cases managed off system and for some arrears only cases.</p><p>2. Figures rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 2862 question first answered 24/06/2015 13:24:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

381914

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	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 plans his Department has to use Integrated Debt Services Ltd to collect (a) child maintenance arrears owed to his Department and (b) maintenance arrears owed to parents with care with arrears only Child Support Agency cases.
	tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
	tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
	uin	2865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Department has a wide range of effective enforcement powers to facilitate the collection of child maintenance. There are no current plans to use integrated Debt Services Ltd to collect child maintenance arrears.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/06/2015 13:32:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

385915

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	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, how many Child Support Agency cases reviewed as part of the ongoing closure programme have been closed by his Department to date.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	4382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As at 31 May 2015, 24,100 cases have been closed as part of the Child Support Agency case closure programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Figure rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p>The figure is made up from cases proactively selected for case closure, and those where an application has been made to the 2012 scheme and a case exists on the 93/03 scheme which is then reactively closed down.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 30/06/2015 14:21:56 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

385916

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2015
	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, how many applications to the 2012 statutory child maintenance scheme made since January 2015 have been from parents whose previous Child Support Agency (CSA) case was shut down as part of the phased CSA case closure programme.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	4385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Approximately 3,800 applications made to the 2012 child maintenance scheme between the 01 January 2015 and 31 May 2015 were made by parents who previously had a case with the Child Support Agency, which was closed as part of the case closure programme. This is broadly in line with our current planning assumptions at this early stage of the case closure process.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 30/06/2015 14:28:00 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman