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1244291

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2020
	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	How many Child Maintenance Service cases with pre-existing arrears have continued to accrue arrears since covid-19 lockdown restrictions were introduced in March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	907714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>Whilst this information is not readily available, we can see from official statistics a gradual and steady increase in paying parent compliance (from March 15 at 56% to March 20 at 68%).</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 19/10/2020 16:40:51 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

923153

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2018
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many deaths since 2000 have been linked to Child Support Agency cases or cases managed by the Child Maintenance Service.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL8617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>We have interpreted your question to refer to the death, for any reason, of receiving or paying parent who is named on a case managed by the Child Support Agency (CSA) or the Child Maintenance Service (CMS).</p><p> </p><p>Data is only available for the 2003 CSA scheme, and for the CMS since December 2015. <del class="ministerial">IIt</del> <ins class="ministerial">It </ins>is standard practice for the Department to be informed of a death and for this to be recorded on departmental systems. It is only possible to identify a death of a case participant where the Department has a National Insurance number for the parent involved and has been informed of the death. Where the Department is informed of a death only the date is recorded as standard practice and as such any link beyond involvement in a case cannot be established.</p><p> </p><p>For 2003 scheme cases managed by the CSA there were 71,200 deaths informed to DWP between 2003 and 31st December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>For cases managed by the CMS there were 3,500 deaths informed to DWP between 1st December 2015 and 31st December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Numbers have been rounded to the nearest one hundred.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 25/06/2018 13:44:36 question first ministerially corrected 17/07/2018 15:04:25 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe previous answer version 65349 answering member printed Baroness Buscombe answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

921827

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2018
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their response to the recent consultation on the new compliance and arrears strategy for child maintenance; whether they will bring forward regulations aimed at improving how the Child Maintenance Service calculates maintenance for paying parents with complex income; and whether they still plan to write off arrears accrued under the Child Support Agency which are owed to receiving parents.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
	uin	HL8521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>We expect to publish the Government’s response within the next few weeks. Regulations to support the strategy outlined in the response will be laid as early as is practicable.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 25/06/2018 11:22:54 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4175 label Biography information for Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

891867

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Child Maintenance Service is currently able to request the provision of P60s to enable calculations of child maintenance to be made; if so, to what extent such powers are used; and if not, whether they plan to allow for the request of P60s in future.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
	uin	HL7305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The calculation of child maintenance is based upon gross income information from the most recent tax year provided directly to the DWP by HMRC. Every year the calculation is updated as new income information is reported to HMRC. A P60 shows income reported to HMRC at the end of the tax year and so would contain this same information. For this reason it is not necessary to use P60s as evidence when calculating maintenance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 02/05/2018 14:33:11 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
	tabling member	4175 label Biography information for Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

1156591

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to amend the legislation relating to the calculation of child maintenance so that such calculations are based on a parent's gross salary, after tax and National Insurance deductions but before the deduction of pensions contributions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stevenson of Balmacara
	uin	HL471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>Our statutory child maintenance scheme calculates payments simply and efficiently, usually based on the paying parent’s gross taxable income. This information is taken directly from HM Revenue and Customs for the latest available tax year.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to review the calculation but have no plans to change it at this time.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stedman-Scott question first answered 30/10/2019 14:00:52 answering member 4174 label Biography information for Baroness Stedman-Scott
	tabling member	4175 label Biography information for Lord Stevenson of Balmacara

178655

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2015
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what factors have changed since they announced in June 2010 that a target would be set for the collection of child maintenance arrears.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
	uin	HL4805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Performance indicators have been set for those aspects of child maintenance activity that are most critical to the objectives set out in the Government’s strategy on arrears published in January 2013, namely to prevent the build up of arrears in the first place and prioritise the recovery of arrears where this will benefit children today. We therefore have indicators, for example, on the clearance of cases, collections, the number of cases contributing towards current liability and the number of children benefiting. A simple indicator for the collection of arrears would not reflect the objectives of the strategy. Since 2010 we have collected almost £600 million in arrears.</p><p> </p><p>The recommendations are set out on pages 20 to 34 of the Advisory Panels 2011 Report “<em>Advisory Panel on Arrears of Child Maintenance”</em> which can be found at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120716161734/http:/www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/advisory-panel-arrears-sep-11.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120716161734/http:/www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/advisory-panel-arrears-sep-11.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In response to the report the Department published its Arrears and Compliance Strategy 2012 – 2017 – “Preparing for the future, tackling the past.” which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214338/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214338/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In December 2012, the Department introduced two sections of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008; the ability to write off debt in prescribed scenarios and to accept part payment in full and final satisfaction.</p><p> </p><p>We have also trialled the use of the Australian Model of arrears classification, and are considering the results to inform future action.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL4804 HL4806 HL4807 question first answered 23/02/2015 16:37:59 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	635 label Biography information for Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

178656

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2015
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recommendations were made by the Advisory Panel on the Arrears of Child Maintenance; and what action they took as a result of the panel’s recommendations put forward in 2011.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
	uin	HL4806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Performance indicators have been set for those aspects of child maintenance activity that are most critical to the objectives set out in the Government’s strategy on arrears published in January 2013, namely to prevent the build up of arrears in the first place and prioritise the recovery of arrears where this will benefit children today. We therefore have indicators, for example, on the clearance of cases, collections, the number of cases contributing towards current liability and the number of children benefiting. A simple indicator for the collection of arrears would not reflect the objectives of the strategy. Since 2010 we have collected almost £600 million in arrears.</p><p> </p><p>The recommendations are set out on pages 20 to 34 of the Advisory Panels 2011 Report “<em>Advisory Panel on Arrears of Child Maintenance”</em> which can be found at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120716161734/http:/www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/advisory-panel-arrears-sep-11.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120716161734/http:/www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/advisory-panel-arrears-sep-11.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In response to the report the Department published its Arrears and Compliance Strategy 2012 – 2017 – “Preparing for the future, tackling the past.” which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214338/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214338/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In December 2012, the Department introduced two sections of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008; the ability to write off debt in prescribed scenarios and to accept part payment in full and final satisfaction.</p><p> </p><p>We have also trialled the use of the Australian Model of arrears classification, and are considering the results to inform future action.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL4804 HL4805 HL4807 question first answered 23/02/2015 16:37:59 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	635 label Biography information for Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

178654

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2015
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why no target or key performance indicators have been set for the collection of child maintenance arrears.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
	uin	HL4804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Performance indicators have been set for those aspects of child maintenance activity that are most critical to the objectives set out in the Government’s strategy on arrears published in January 2013, namely to prevent the build up of arrears in the first place and prioritise the recovery of arrears where this will benefit children today. We therefore have indicators, for example, on the clearance of cases, collections, the number of cases contributing towards current liability and the number of children benefiting. A simple indicator for the collection of arrears would not reflect the objectives of the strategy. Since 2010 we have collected almost £600 million in arrears.</p><p> </p><p>The recommendations are set out on pages 20 to 34 of the Advisory Panels 2011 Report “<em>Advisory Panel on Arrears of Child Maintenance”</em> which can be found at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120716161734/http:/www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/advisory-panel-arrears-sep-11.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120716161734/http:/www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/advisory-panel-arrears-sep-11.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In response to the report the Department published its Arrears and Compliance Strategy 2012 – 2017 – “Preparing for the future, tackling the past.” which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214338/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214338/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In December 2012, the Department introduced two sections of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008; the ability to write off debt in prescribed scenarios and to accept part payment in full and final satisfaction.</p><p> </p><p>We have also trialled the use of the Australian Model of arrears classification, and are considering the results to inform future action.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL4805 HL4806 HL4807 question first answered 23/02/2015 16:37:53 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	635 label Biography information for Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

178657

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2015
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they did not adopt an appropriate indicator for the collection of child maintenance arrears as recommended by the Advisory Panel on the Arrears of Child Maintenance.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
	uin	HL4807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Performance indicators have been set for those aspects of child maintenance activity that are most critical to the objectives set out in the Government’s strategy on arrears published in January 2013, namely to prevent the build up of arrears in the first place and prioritise the recovery of arrears where this will benefit children today. We therefore have indicators, for example, on the clearance of cases, collections, the number of cases contributing towards current liability and the number of children benefiting. A simple indicator for the collection of arrears would not reflect the objectives of the strategy. Since 2010 we have collected almost £600 million in arrears.</p><p> </p><p>The recommendations are set out on pages 20 to 34 of the Advisory Panels 2011 Report “<em>Advisory Panel on Arrears of Child Maintenance”</em> which can be found at: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120716161734/http:/www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/advisory-panel-arrears-sep-11.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120716161734/http:/www.childmaintenance.org/en/pdf/advisory-panel-arrears-sep-11.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In response to the report the Department published its Arrears and Compliance Strategy 2012 – 2017 – “Preparing for the future, tackling the past.” which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214338/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/214338/cm-arrears-and-compliance-strategy-2012-2017.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In December 2012, the Department introduced two sections of the Child Maintenance and Other Payments Act 2008; the ability to write off debt in prescribed scenarios and to accept part payment in full and final satisfaction.</p><p> </p><p>We have also trialled the use of the Australian Model of arrears classification, and are considering the results to inform future action.</p> answering member printed Lord Freud grouped question UIN HL4804 HL4805 HL4806 question first answered 23/02/2015 16:37:59 answering member 3893 label Biography information for Lord Freud
	tabling member	635 label Biography information for Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope

419864

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many investigations HM Revenue and Customs has carried out for (a) non-payment of child maintenance and (b) allegations of fraudulent tax claims submitted to the Child Support Agency in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	11111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>(a) HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not enforce non-payment of child maintenance. This is the responsibility for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Child Maintenance Group.</p><p>(b) HMRC does not hold the numbers of fraudulent tax claims submitted to the Child Support Agency. The responsibility for providing HMRC with this information would be for DWP.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 14/10/2015 16:02:04 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty