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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

420362

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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 liability orders issued by the Child Support Agency (CSA) for the non-payment of child maintenance resulted in (a) bailiffs acting on the CSA's behalf, (b) a county court third-party debt order, (c) an order of disqualification and (d) a warrant of commitment.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	11113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department records statistics on the number of instances of different types of enforcement actions and publishes these in the Quarterly Summary Statistics. This information is set out on Page 41 of the Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics which can be accessed online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-june-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-june-2015</a>.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Note:</p><p>A County Court third-party debt order was the enforcement action used prior to the introduction of Regular and Lump Sum Deduction Orders.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/10/2015 15:32:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

420359

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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 recent assessment he has made of Child Support Agency enforcement rates for payment of child maintenance.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	11114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The latest published figures show 88% of cases on the 1993 and 2003 schemes and 88% of case groups on the 2012 scheme contributing towards their current maintenance liability.</p><p>Where a non-resident parent fails to meet their liabilities, the Child Support Agency has a range of enforcement powers. For example, child maintenance can be taken directly from bank accounts and wages; and the Government has also introduced a new power to disclose non-compliance to credit reference agencies.</p><p>The total number of enforcement actions taken by the Agency can be found on page 41 of the Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics June 2015 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>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/10/2015 15:36:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

427861

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2015
	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, if his Department will assess the costs and benefits of classifying parentally-agreed child support as income for means-tested benefits.
	tabling member constituency	South Thanet
	tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
	uin	15896
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>In order to help encourage parents to take financial responsibility for their children and maximise the amount of maintenance that flows from the non-resident parent to the child, child maintenance payments made under the statutory scheme or through a family based arrangement are not treated as income for means tested benefits.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/11/2015 14:35:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

428242

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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 non-compliant cases the Child Support Agency has closed under its 1993 and 2003 statutory schemes' closing process.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	16300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>As at October 2015, 110 non-compliant cases have been closed as part of the CSA case closure programme.</p><br /><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figure rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>The figure is the number of cases that have closed in Segment 2 (the designated segment for non-compliant cases) as a result of being proactively selected for case closure.</li><li>Individual cases can change circumstances over time. As it is the circumstances of the case that determine which segment it will be closed in, the volumes of cases in individual segments change over time, therefore figures may be subject to change.</li><li>Closures are cases which have been fully closed on the CSA 1993/2003 Systems having undergone any arrears cleanse activity after liability ending.</li></ol><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/11/2015 14:57:15 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

428243

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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 outstanding cases handled by the Child Support Agency were classed as non-compliant before the implementation of the 1993 and 2003 statutory schemes' closure process.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	16301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Proactive Case Closure of 1993 and 2003 Scheme cases began on 30 June 2014. As at June 2014, 14% of cases with a current liability were non-compliant i.e. paying nothing.</p><br /><p>The Department records statistics on the compliance status of 1993/2003 Scheme cases and publishes these in the Quarterly Summary of Statistics. This information is set out on Page 51 of the statistics which can be accessed online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-june-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-june-2015</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/11/2015 15:33:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

428500

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2015
	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 the total cost to the public purse was of repayments made following the Manual Process 217 computer errors in child maintenance collection.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	16377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>From February 2015 to November 2015 the Department has awarded 305 payments for financial loss under Manual Process 217, at a cost of £122,000.</p><br /><p>Note: This figure has been rounded to the closest thousand pounds.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/11/2015 16:02:55 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

428497

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2015
	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 and what proportion of child maintenance cases transitioned from the legacy child maintenance schemes to collection and payment under the 2012 scheme in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the rest of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	16440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Child Support Agency (CSA) cases from the 1993 and 2003 schemes are not automatically transferred / migrated to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) 2012 Scheme. All existing CSA cases are being closed gradually as part of the CSA Case Closure process.</p><br /><p>Before an application can be made to the CMS, they must speak with the Child Maintenance Options Service where they are encouraged to make their own family based arrangement. Where this is not possible, or appropriate, they are able to apply to the CMS.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 16443 question first answered 23/11/2015 17:21:28 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

428498

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2015
	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 the value was of child maintenance payments made to receiving parents under each scheme and each type of payment arrangement in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	16441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Information on the value of payments made to receiving parents, on the 2012 scheme, or Parents with Care under the 1993/2003 Schemes are included in the Client Fund Accounts. Previous publications can be found at:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-maintenance-client-funds-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-maintenance-client-funds-accounts</a></p><br /><p>The Client Funds Account 2014/15 is planned for publication by the end of 2015.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/11/2015 16:53:56 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

428499

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2015
	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 much the Child Maintenance Service has collected in charges since their introduction.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	16442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Income received from fees and charges for the 2012 Child Maintenance Scheme is disclosed on page 136 of the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2014/15. Up to 31<sup>st</sup> March 2015, £2.802 million has been collected.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/11/2015 16:14:03 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon