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1361306

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	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	Attendance Allowance
	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 introducing a mobility component to attendance allowance for people of pension age with disabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	58877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>Attendance Allowance (AA) is intended to help those with a severe disability who have long term care or supervision needs where those needs arise after reaching State Pension age. Entitlement is based on the on-going need for frequent personal care and attention, or supervision to ensure personal safety. A mobility component for those whose needs arise after State Pension age is not provided as it is expected that many older people will develop mobility issues as part of the ageing process. This is a long standing policy continued by successive Governments. There is no constraint on what the benefit can be used for, and individual recipients can choose to use their Attendance Allowance to fund mobility aids.</p><p> </p><p>Latest published figures at end of February 2021, show that nationally there were 1.49m claimants of AA, of which 2,222 were in the Barnsley Central Parliamentary Constituency. In terms of expenditure on AA, nationally this was forecast to be £5.3bn in 2020/21.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/10/2021 11:04:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1171033

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2020
	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	Bereavement Support Payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans she has to make unmarried persons eligible for the bereavement support payment.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	3748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The legislation covering bereavement support payment confines eligibility to those who are married or in a civil partnership. We currently have no plans to change the eligibility criteria for bereavement support payment.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 20/01/2020 13:42:20 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1338564

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2021
	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	Bereavement Support Payment
	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 extending the Bereavement Support Payment to include unmarried partners.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	19588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>It is our intention to take forward a Remedial Order that will extend eligibility for Bereavement Support Payment to cohabitees with children. We are currently considering the detail and implementation of the draft Remedial Order, which will be laid shortly before the House.</p><p /> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 24/06/2021 13:16:31 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1201752

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2020
	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	Carer's Allowance: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing carers who are in receipt of carer’s allowance with additional financial support during the covid-19 outbreak in (a) Barnsley Central constituency and (b) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	57211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises and appreciates the vital role played by unpaid carers now more than ever. In November 2019 there were more than 1,900 carers in the Barnsley Central constituency that were receiving Carer’s Allowance (CA) and in 2018/19 we spent approximately £6.7 million on CA there.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have focussed on ensuring carers do not inadvertently stop receiving CA because of changes to patterns of care during the current emergency. This includes allowing emotional support to count towards the 35 hours of care being provided by the carer as well as relaxing the rules around breaks in care. These changes aim to support carers whose role has, in many cases, become harder due to the need to self-isolate or shield the person they care for.</p><p> </p><p>The rate of CA was also increased in early April as part of the annual uprating process. Since 2010, the rate of Carer’s Allowance has increased from £53.90 to £67.25 a week, meaning nearly an additional £700 a year for carers. We continue to support those carers in most need through additional amounts (premiums) in means-tested benefits and have also announced increases to the standard allowance in Universal Credit. Meaning claimants will be up to £1040 a year better off, which some carers receiving Universal Credit will benefit from.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 15/06/2020 12:51:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1642603

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2023
	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	Child Maintenance Service: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Child Maintenance Service is taking steps to reduce the time taken for complaints to be handled.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	188287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>DWP aim to contact customers within 15 working days to clear their complaint or agree how to investigate it if it will take longer.</p><p> </p><p>DWP now triage complaints giving priority to vulnerable claimants who may be at risk, and those with benefit payment issues. We continue to investigate all complaints as quickly as we can and, as part of the triage process, we write or call those customers, where there may be a delay in answering their complaint.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2021, Child Maintenance Service complaints team has seen their response times to complainants steadily improve and are now responding to almost all complaints within the timescale.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/06/2023 15:55:29 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1652825

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2023
	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	Child Maintenance Service: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent steps his Department has taken to help reduce the backlog of complaints made to the Child Maintenance Service.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	193869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2023 answer text <p>DWP aim to contact customers within 15 working days to clear their complaint or agree how to investigate it if it will take longer.</p><p> </p><p>DWP now triage complaints giving priority to vulnerable claimants who may be at risk, and those with benefit payment issues. We continue to investigate all complaints as quickly as we can and, as part of the triage process, we write or call those customers, where there may be a delay in answering their complaint.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2021, Child Maintenance Service complaints team has seen their response times to complainants steadily improve and are now responding to almost all complaints within the timescale.</p><p> </p><p>The Child Maintenance Service do not have a backlog of complaints and continue to work within the department's acceptable levels.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/07/2023 17:03:43 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1284846

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	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	Child Maintenance Service: Correspondence
	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 the average response time to hon Members' offices regarding Child Maintenance Support enquiries; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	150809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not measure timings as described in the question and to determine this request, we would need to examine each individual case, which the Department considers to be cost prohibitive to provide.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a 15 working day target for MP to Director General Correspondence and a 20 working day target for Private Office correspondence. These timescales are in line with Cabinet Office directives.</p><p> </p><p>As part of our response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department had to make changes to its complaints and MP correspondence model to allow staff to be deployed to support processing benefit claims and payments. From 9 July 2020, the Department now triage complaints and MP Correspondence giving priority to vulnerable claimants who may be at risk, and those with benefit payment issues.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to look into all complaints and MP correspondence as quickly as we can and, as part of the triage process used to determine priority, we write or call those customers and MPs where there may be a delay in answering their complaint or enquiry.</p><p> </p><p>We are reviewing the effectiveness of the approach we have taken throughout the pandemic as part of an ongoing review into complaints and MP correspondence handling.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/02/2021 15:29:51 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1312242

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2021
	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	Child Maintenance Service: Payments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Child Maintenance Service has to change payment plans to reflect fluctuations to gross weekly income; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	187232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The Service uses gross income information provided by HMRC in the first instance. This approach is consistent for all clients regardless of their employment type and ensures the calculation process is fair, simple and efficient.</p><p>The scheme is designed so that liabilities remain consistent over the year, with limited changes. The calculation is reviewed annually, and generally only changes during the year if a parent’s income increases or decreases by at least 25 per cent.</p><p>Where the paying parent has fluctuations in gross weekly income the Service will calculate a liability based on the weekly average of the amounts paid over a period preceding the effective date of the relevant calculation.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/04/2021 08:26:54 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1104879

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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 steps she is taking to ensure that arrears are not discarded without the permission of the parent to whom the arrears are owed when cases are migrated from the Child Support Agency to the Child Maintenance Service.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	236438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Under the Compliance and Arrears strategy we are writing to clients with CSA debt above certain thresholds to ask if they want us to try to collect their arrears. These thresholds provide a reasonable cut off point to ensure that we do not pursue cases at disproportionate cost to the taxpayer. They are: over £500 and the case is less than 10 years old, and over £1,000 and the case 10 years old or over.</p><p> </p><p>If correspondence is returned as the client is not known at the address held, the Service will attempt to trace a current address in order to reissue the letter.</p><p> </p><p>If a client confirms they want the Service to attempt collection, the case is checked to ensure the debt balance is accurate before arrears are transferred from the CSA IT system to the CMS one.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 02/04/2019 12:58:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1148811

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to change the hierarchy of the distributions for payments made through the Child Maintenance Service so that unpaid child maintenance is better favoured for repayment; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2019 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) aims to ensure liabilities are paid in full and on time. Where this does not happen the Service prioritises the collection of on-going maintenance before any arrears to avoid the build-up of maintenance arrears and ensure that today’s children will benefit. The CMS will pursue arrears alongside the collection of on-going liabilities wherever possible and will continue to pursue until all the debt has been paid. There are no plans to change the hierarchy of the distribution of the maintenance payments.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 18/10/2019 11:41:58 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis