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224057

registered interest
date	26/02/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many first contact notice of closure letters have been sent to (a) Segment 1 and (b) Segment 2 CSA cases in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	225652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p /> <p>The table below shows the total number of segment 1 first contact notice of closure letters that have been sent up to the 21 February 2015. Management information regarding segment 2 letters is not yet available as it is currently under development and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of Letters sent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>345,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>278,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>30,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>21,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>14,900</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol start="1" type="1"><li>Numbers are rounded to the nearest 100.</li><li>Numbers include Proactive and Reactive case closure letters.</li><li>Northern Ireland cases include cases managed by the CSA in Great Britain where the Parent with Care or Non Resident Parent lives in Northern Ireland. This does not include cases managed by the Northern Ireland Child Maintenance Enforcement Division (CMED).</li><li>Cases included in the ‘Other’ category are cases where the Parent with Care or Non Resident Parent has moved abroad, or where the area of the Parent with Care or Non Resident Parent is not available on the management information.</li></ol><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 04/03/2015 14:51:21 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

223061

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Glasgow
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in receipt of housing benefit in Glasgow South West constituency are in part-time work.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Mr Ian Davidson
uin	224880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The information requested is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 224885 question first answered 26/02/2015 13:03:48 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	611 label Biography information for Mr Ian Davidson

224916

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in London claimed (a) £250 per week for a one bedroom, (b) £290 per week for a two bedroom property, (c) £340 per week for a three bedroom property and (d) £400 per week for a four bedroom property in housing benefit in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	226221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested in respect of all housing benefit claimants is not available. The Department does collect some information on the number of entitled bedrooms in respect of the Local Housing Allowance only. We are therefore unable to answer these questions which relate to all housing benefit claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The information available is for local housing allowance (LHA) cases by the number of entitled bedrooms and weekly award amount bands.</p><p> </p><p>This information is published and available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 226222 question first answered 06/03/2015 10:17:08 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

223069

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the child maintenance arrears owed in respect of Child Support Agency cases where a child could still benefit is owed by a parent who is self-employed or a director of a private company.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	224863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As at December 2014, 12.4%<sup>1</sup> of the amount of arrears where there is a qualifying child remaining on the case is owed by non resident parents who are self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the job title of non-resident parents is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>1. Data sourced from CSCS and CS2 computer systems. Employment status is not available for cases managed off system.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 02/03/2015 13:07:29 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

223070

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Child Support Agency cases with a child who could benefit are known to concern a non-resident parent who is self-employed or a director of a private company.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	224864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As at December 2014, of the live cases where there is a qualifying child remaining on the case, 8.5%<sup>1</sup> are in relation to a non resident parent who is self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the job title of non-resident parents is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>1. Data sourced from CSCS and CS2 computer systems. Employment status is not available for cases managed off system.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 02/03/2015 13:12:19 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

223072

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much of the Child Support Agency arrears owed in respect of a child who could still benefit are regarded as (a) temporarily and (b) permanently collectable.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	224866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As at December 2014, the amount of arrears where there is a qualifying child remaining on the case that is (a) temporarily<sup>1</sup> and (b) permanently<sup>2</sup> uncollectable is £4.8 million and £10.3 million respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. We have interpreted temporarily uncollectable as arrears on cases where the case is under surveillance, we are unable to trace the NRP, the NRP is abroad or the debt is suspended.</p><p>2. We have interpreted permanently uncollectable as arrears on cases where the non-resident parent or parent with care is deceased, where the arrears are deferred or where the arrears are classed as Interim Maintenance Assessment Gap (money that cannot be collected due to it not being covered by legislation).</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 02/03/2015 13:31:42 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

223073

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) number and (b) proportion of Child Support Agency cases are known to concern a non-resident parent who is (i) self-employed and (ii) a director of a private company.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	224867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As at December 2014, there were 102,300<sup>1</sup> (7.5%) live cases where the non resident parent was self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the job title of non-resident parents is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>1. Data sourced from CSCS and CS2 computer systems. Employment status is not available for cases managed off system.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 02/03/2015 13:01:59 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

223074

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what proportion of Child Support Agency arrears cases where there is a child who could still benefit are there arrears which have been (a) temporarily and (b) permanently suspended.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	224868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As of December 2014 approximately 36%<sup>1</sup> of cases with arrears where there is a qualifying child remaining on the case contained an amount of suspended arrears.</p><p> </p><p>Information regarding arrears that have been temporarily or permanently suspended is not readily available and has not previously been published as official statistics. We will consider whether it is feasible to produce the statistics requested within the disproportionate cost limit, and if so, will issue them in an official statistics release in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Management information on suspended debt is not available for off system cases, therefore the proportion of suspended arrears has been calculated using CS2 and CSCS cases only.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 02/03/2015 13:36:36 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

223092

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	Housing Benefit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the caseload onflow onto local housing authority housing benefit was in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	224966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I have interpreted the question to relate to a time series of the Housing Benefit (HB) local housing allowance (LHA) caseloads.</p><p> </p><p>This information is available and published at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/02/2015 12:56:53 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

223600

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
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	Cold Weather Payments: Peterborough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Peterborough constituency received a cold weather payment in the last 12 months for which records are available; and if will he make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
uin	225461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Cold Weather Payment scheme is administered at weather station level rather than any other standard GB geography such as constituency level. The coverage area for each weather station is determined by the Met Office which assesses the most appropriate weather station for each postcode area. Cold weather payments are triggered when the average temperature recorded at the weather station has been recorded as, or is forecast to be, 0<sup>o</sup>C or below over seven consecutive days.</p><p> </p><p>The constituency of Peterborough covers all or part of the postcode areas PE1-PE8 and PE13. Postcode areas PE1 to PE8 are covered by Wittering weather station. There have been no cold weather payments paid in this area in the last 12 months (to 27<sup>th</sup> February 2015).</p><p> </p><p>PE13 postcodes are covered by Marham weather station. Qualifying individuals living in this area will have received a payment in respect of a seven-day period of cold weather from 17<sup>th</sup>-23<sup>rd</sup> January 2015. No other payments were triggered in Marham in the last 12 months. Marham weather station covers the postcode areas of CB6-CB7, IP24-IP28, PE12-PE14 and PE30-PE38. We estimate that 23,800 payments were made in this area as a whole in respect of the January 2015 trigger. We are not able to break this figure down to a lower level.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><p>1. The number of payments made is not necessarily the total number of individuals benefitting from a Cold Weather Payment. Any individuals making a joint claim for one of the qualifying benefits, such as a couple living together, will receive one payment between them rather than one payment each.</p><p> </p><p>2. Individuals in receipt of Pension Credit are usually eligible for Cold Weather Payments. In addition those on Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance or Universal Credit may be eligible for Cold Weather Payments if they are in receipt of certain disability benefits, have a disabled child, or a child under the age of five.</p><p> </p><p>3. The number of payments given here is an estimate as information on the exact number of payments made is not readily available. These figures are produced by determining the volume of eligible recipients in each weather station area at the start of the winter season and using these figures throughout the winter to estimate payments and expenditure based on the actual triggers recorded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/03/2015 13:19:56 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough