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1109970

	registered interest
	date	05/04/2019
	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, with reference to the consultation on changes to the collection of child maintenance arrears, launched in December 2017, how many responses her Department received, and how many of those responses opposed the proposal to write off historical arrears.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	241426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The consultation closed on 8 February 2018. We received a total of 99 responses, 11 from organisations and 88 from private individuals (of which 21 identified themselves as paying parents, and 24 as receiving parents). Respondents were asked 15 question, four of which discussed the proposal to write off historical arrears.</p><p>Accurately assessing the number of responses opposed specifically to the proposal to write off historical arrears is not straightforward. Not all respondents chose to answer the specific questions, and a large number of responses were about individual case circumstances, and didn’t raise issues within the scope of the consultation. Of the nine responses which were focused on the scope of the consultation, four opposed the write off and three had a mixed view.</p><p>The Government published a detailed response to this consultation on 12 July 2018, accessible through the link below.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/724358/response-child-maintenance-compliance-and-arrears-strategy-consultation.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/724358/response-child-maintenance-compliance-and-arrears-strategy-consultation.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 15/04/2019 10:44:41 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1109967

	registered interest
	date	05/04/2019
	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, whether her Department has plans to conduct an equality impact assessment in relation to the child maintenance service arrears strategy, and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	241423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>DWP considered the impact of the compliance and arrears strategy on those with the relevant protected characteristics in line with the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED).</p><p>We determined that there would be no direct discrimination from this strategy across the eight protected characteristics as none of the characteristics are a factor in how the regulations are applied.</p><p> </p><p>Some groups may be indirectly affected more than others as a result of the caseload demographic.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 11/04/2019 14:38:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1109968

	registered interest
	date	05/04/2019
	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 financial assessment she has made of the effect of writing off child maintenance arrears on (a) her Department's budget and (b) families who are entitled to claim child maintenance; and how much money has been transferred from the legacy system and is in the process of being written off.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	241424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>In December 2017 we published a public consultation document detailing the financial assessment of writing off child maintenance arrears owed to Government and arrears owed to parents. The consultation can be found through the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/667033/child-maintenance-compliance-arrears-consultation.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/667033/child-maintenance-compliance-arrears-consultation.pdf</a></p><p>New statistics will be published in June 2019 which will include arrears transferred from the legacy system or in the process of being written off. Information on the planned changes to the Child Support Agency Quarterly Statistical Summary to incorporate this information can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-support-agency-statistics-publication-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-support-agency-statistics-publication-strategy</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/04/2019 12:08:41 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1109969

	registered interest
	date	05/04/2019
	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 estimate she has made of the number of families affected by her Department's decision to write off child maintenance arrears of (a) £65.01 and £500, and (b) more than £500, and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	241425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>In the “Child Maintenance: A New Compliance and Arrears Strategy” document which was published in December 2017, estimates were made regarding the number of parents who would be affected. There were estimated to be approximately 360,000 cases where parents would not be offered the opportunity to make representation (below £500 and less than 10 years old or below £1000 and over 10 years old) and approximately 475,000 cases where they would (over £500 and less than 10 years old or over £1000 and over 10 years old). This can be found here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/child-maintenance-a-new-compliance-and-arrears-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/child-maintenance-a-new-compliance-and-arrears-strategy</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information for how many parents have currently had their arrears written off is not readily available and has not previously been published as official statistics, however we expect these new statistics to be published in June 2019. Information on the planned changes to the Child Support Agency Quarterly Statistical Summary to incorporate this information can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-support-agency-statistics-publication-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-support-agency-statistics-publication-strategy</a>.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 10/04/2019 12:15:40 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1519603

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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	Cost of Living Payments: Care Homes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her Department is making a cost of living payment to people living in a residential care home settings.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	59733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2022 answer text <p>We have kept the rules for the Cost-of-Living payments as simple as possible. This includes paying a flat rate to those in receipt of means-tested benefits regardless of household circumstance and paying the Disability Cost of Living Payment to those being paid the relevant benefit on the qualifying date. This was to ensure that we were able to develop the processes to deliver these payments quickly to those who most need the help with increased inflation. This includes those being paid a benefit where they were in a resident care home.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 13/10/2022 16:02:37 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1647814

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2023
	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: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on a person being entitled to a share of their partner’s disability benefits as part of a divorce settlement.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	191087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>Disability benefits, that is, Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance, are personal benefits – the law does not provide for joint claims - and would remain with the existing claimant at the point of divorce. There are no plans to change this policy.</p> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 03/07/2023 10:40:42 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

886214

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	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	Personal Independence Payment: Parkinson's Disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that a person with Parkinson's disease and undertaking voluntary work will not be disadvantaged (a) when applying for or (b) if they are already in receipt of personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	136409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a non-means tested disability benefit that is available to claimants regardless of the employment status of the claimant. Since the Second Independent Review of PIP was published, we have ensured that PIP claimants are not disadvantaged by their employment status by revisiting our current guidance and have reiterated this message to our assessment providers.</p><p> </p><p>We have also used our communication channels to assure claimants that their employment status does not matter when claiming PIP. We will also be re-emphasising this message to claimants through a series of PIP videos which will be released shortly.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/04/2018 11:22:10 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

886211

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	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: Parkinson's Disease
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To Ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will take steps to ensure that people with Parkinson's disease who undertake therapeutic exercise are not disadvantaged (a) when applying for and (b) if they are in receipt of employment and support allowance or personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	136406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is designed to treat people as individuals, considering the impact of their impairment or health condition on their everyday life and how each claimant has personally adapted to living with a disability. The assessment considers all available evidence, including whether an activity can be performed safely to an acceptable standard repeatedly and in a reasonable time period. This principle applies to all claimants, including claimants with Parkinson’s Disease.</p><p> </p><p>Entitlement to Employment and Support Allowance is not based on an individual’s diagnosis or the nature of their particular disabling condition, but rather on the way that condition limits their ability to function. The Work Capability Assessment assesses the effects of a person’s condition on their ability to carry out a number of everyday activities.</p><p> </p><p>ESA has been designed to take full account of progressive conditions such as Parkinson’s. If an individual has a progressive health condition, the Health Care Professional takes this into consideration when providing advice to the Decision Maker.</p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton question first answered 23/04/2018 11:33:07 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

445629

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2016
	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, with reference to page 136 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts, if he will publish a breakdown of the full cost figure for the application and collection fees from the 2012 Child Maintenance statutory scheme in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	22972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>The full cost of the 2012 statutory maintenance scheme for the financial year 2014/15 is shown on Page 136 of the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts as £49.432m which comprises:</p><p>£46.1m of staff costs on all aspects of the 2012 scheme.</p><p>£3.332m of goods and service expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/01/2016 13:26:30 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