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1037002

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	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 the average deduction of wages was for (a) one child, (b) two children and (c) three children by (i) the Child Support Agency and (ii) the Child Maintenance Service in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	205857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The following table provides the average quarterly amounts paid through a deduction from earning order/request for each available quarter in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Figures are up to the quarter ending September 2018. This is consistent with the latest Official Statistics on the Child Maintenance Service and the Child Support Agency (CSA).</p><p> </p><p>Data relating to the Child Maintenance Service is not readily available before July 2017.</p><p> </p><p>For the Child Support Agency, in the quarter ending September 2018, there were no liabilities for cases with 3 or more children.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Average quarterly amount deducted</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> -</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Child Support Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Child Maintenance Service</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Children</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3 or more</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3 or more</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter ending</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£523</p></td><td><p>£735</p></td><td><p>£792</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£532</p></td><td><p>£745</p></td><td><p>£804</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£539</p></td><td><p>£750</p></td><td><p>£814</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£529</p></td><td><p>£733</p></td><td><p>£799</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£517</p></td><td><p>£716</p></td><td><p>£783</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£514</p></td><td><p>£710</p></td><td><p>£774</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£520</p></td><td><p>£724</p></td><td><p>£893</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£567</p></td><td><p>£686</p></td><td><p>£778</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dec-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£537</p></td><td><p>£749</p></td><td><p>£920</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£559</p></td><td><p>£691</p></td><td><p>£791</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>£539</p></td><td><p>£745</p></td><td><p>£948</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£575</p></td><td><p>£706</p></td><td><p>£786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun-18<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><em>£475</em></p></td><td><p><em>£585</em></p></td><td><p><em>£1,063</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£591</p></td><td><p>£725</p></td><td><p>£815</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep-18<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><em>£455</em></p></td><td><p><em>£1,187</em></p></td><td><p><em>-</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£600</p></td><td><p>£738</p></td><td><p>£840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest £.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for three or more children are presented together as the rate at which a non-resident/paying parent is liable to pay does not change after three children.</p><p> </p><p>The caseload on CSA is falling at a faster rate as we are approaching the end of the Case Closure programme. We have now ended liabilities on the majority of CSA cases and will be taking steps to conclude the remaining cases before the end of 2018.</p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures for CSA in June 2018 and September 2018 are based on less than 200 cases. The small number of cases in this period helps to explain the greater variation in average amounts in these quarters.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/01/2019 11:23:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1037233

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	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	Universal Credit: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what measures her Department has put in place to ensure that disabled individuals do not lose their severe disability premium when they are moved onto universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	205976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Our draft Regulations will ensure that eligible claimants in receipt of Severe Disability Premium are only moved to Universal Credit as part of a managed migration process, and through that process will see their payments protected. We are spending over £3 billion on Transitional Protections for 1.1 million households, to ensure that no one loses out at the point of transition. We have also made provision for those eligible claimants who have already naturally migrated to Universal Credit to be considered for Severe Disability Premium transitional payments. These will be made as on-going monthly payments and an additional lump-sum to cover the period since they moved to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Published data shows that of the 42,000 people who were on ESA and started a claim on Universal Credit (Full Service) within one month of closing their ESA claim between May 2015 and February 2018, 4,000 were in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 205977 question first answered 15/01/2019 15:24:40 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1037235

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	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	Universal Credit: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate her Department has made of the number of individuals who have lost their severe disability premium when moved onto universal credit.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	205977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Our draft Regulations will ensure that eligible claimants in receipt of Severe Disability Premium are only moved to Universal Credit as part of a managed migration process, and through that process will see their payments protected. We are spending over £3 billion on Transitional Protections for 1.1 million households, to ensure that no one loses out at the point of transition. We have also made provision for those eligible claimants who have already naturally migrated to Universal Credit to be considered for Severe Disability Premium transitional payments. These will be made as on-going monthly payments and an additional lump-sum to cover the period since they moved to Universal Credit.</p><p> </p><p>Published data shows that of the 42,000 people who were on ESA and started a claim on Universal Credit (Full Service) within one month of closing their ESA claim between May 2015 and February 2018, 4,000 were in receipt of the Severe Disability Premium.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Truro and Falmouth answering member printed Sarah Newton grouped question UIN 205976 question first answered 15/01/2019 15:24:40 answering member 4071 label Biography information for Sarah Newton
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1037147

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	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	Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the number of people making universal credit applications without using a computer.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
	uin	206016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-01-08/206260/" target="_blank">206260</a> on 11 January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/01/2019 16:21:19 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1037148

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2019
	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	State Retirement Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of paying state pensions on a fixed date in every month rather than a four weekly cycle.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	206040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The position on the payment of the State Pension has not changed under this Government, the coalition or its predecessors.</p><p> </p><p>We receive very few representations on fixed date payments of the State Pension. While we understand it may be preferred by some, and we do keep the method of payment under review, there are no plans to change the current payment periods.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/01/2019 14:55:20 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1037784

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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	State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government has made an assessment of the change in the relative value of overseas UK pensioners' state pensions for each percentage fall in the value of the pound.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	206207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong>No such assessment has been made. The exchange rate is subject to fluctuation. As a result state pension payments will change depending on the rate for foreign currency.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/01/2019 12:21:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1038331

	registered interest
	date	09/01/2019
	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	State Retirement Pensions: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment her Department has made of fairness of the decision by the Independent Case Examiner to close individual cases related to the state pension age for women on the basis that there is a judicial review of the way in which her Department handled those changes.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Sandy Martin
	uin	206835
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>When a department and independent bodies face a legal case, they have to review whether they continue to assess claims or await determination of the legal case. This has been the policy under all governments, Labour, Coalition, and Conservative, for decades.</p><p> </p><p>The Independent Case Examiner (ICE) closed all live cases which concerned complaints about the state pension age for women (WASPI) when they became subject to legal proceedings, as is required under its governance contract. In the event the legal proceedings fall away or there is no determination on the matters which form the basis of the WASPI complaints, the ICE could consider reopening the cases at the request of the Department.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/01/2019 15:58:14 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4678 label Biography information for Sandy Martin

1038987

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Universal Credit: Support for Mortgage Interest
	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 January 2019 to Question 205254 on Universal Credit: Support for Mortgage Interest, if she will ensure the rules in relation to support for mortgage interest loans mean that the 39 week waiting period is not reset when a claimant receives any income.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	207224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>We operate a zero earnings rule for Universal Credit in Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI). Receiving any earned income during the wait period or during receipt of SMI loan payments will mean that the claimant will not receive loan payments. The zero earnings rule requires claimants to satisfy a waiting period of nine consecutive Universal Credit assessment periods with no earned income before the claimants can receive loan payments.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this we also work closely with UK Finance and Lenders to impress upon them importance of forbearance in the wait periods for SMI support.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/01/2019 11:15:27 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1039006

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Social Security Benefits: EU Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Home Secretary on ensuring that EU citizens in the process of seeking settled status in the UK will continue to be able to access social security benefits while awaiting the outcome of their application.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	207294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK Government has reached an agreement with the EU guaranteeing the rights of EU citizens living in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already made public its plans for protecting the rights of EU citizens. This will be done through the EU settlement scheme, published on 21 June 2018 and available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/718237/EU_Settlement_Scheme_SOI_June_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/718237/EU_Settlement_Scheme_SOI_June_2018.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/01/2019 17:13:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1039058

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2019
	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	Universal Credit: Telephone Services
	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 1 November 2018 to Question 185101 on Universal Credit: Telephone Services, if she will publish the (a) supportive lines and (b) agent led processes used by universal credit call centre staff, in addition to the Digital Channel Product.
	tabling member constituency	Midlothian
	tabling member printed	Danielle Rowley
	uin	207307
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>Universal Credit is tailored to the individual needs of the claimant and the Department has chosen not to develop scripts or supportive lines for call handlers over and above the Digital Channel product.</p><p> </p><p>Agent Led Processes (ALP’s) are low level business processes, designed to work as part of the Universal Credit service. They are embedded into the service and do not stand alone as separate guidance or instructions to staff. It is therefore not possible to split them out into individual processes for sharing purposes.</p><p> </p><p>Call handlers have access to comprehensive Universal Credit guidance. Universal Credit guidance is published in the House of Commons Library and the Department is committed to refreshing this at regular intervals.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/01/2019 17:19:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4628 label Biography information for Danielle Rowley