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1183060

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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	Child Maintenance Service: Income
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what income the Child Maintenance Service has received from (a) bank interest and (b) other investments made as a result of payments held by that organisation in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	25683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>No income has been received from bank interest or other investments by the Child Maintenance Service over the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/03/2020 17:27:03 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1183062

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was that payments from parents were held by the Child Maintenance Service before being paid to the receiving parent, in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	25684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>This information is not held.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold the payments for longer than is required for the payment to clear and the funds to be administered to the receiving parent.</p><p> </p><p>Where a payment has a correct reference number applied and is paid into the correct bank account it will allocate automatically and pay out once the payment has cleared, so long as the RP has provided bank details.</p><p> </p><p>The only delays that may occur are when a receipt does not allocate to a case automatically. This could be because:</p><p> </p><p>(i) a customer fails to quote a correct reference number, which results in a payment falling into a suspense account requiring investigation. Once the intended RP is traced, and funds have cleared, the payment will be transferred to the RP account.</p><p> </p><p>(ii) a paying parent makes a payment when no maintenance is outstanding, in which case the payment will allocate to a RP account and pay out once the next payment falls due.</p><p> </p><p>(iii) Receipts arrive as part of a bulk schedule of payments, which may need some manual intervention to ensure payments are allocated to the individual customer, for example Employer or Bailiff receipts.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/03/2020 17:39:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1183065

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2020
	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	Child Maintenance Service: Income
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was received by the Child Maintenance Service in charges for (a) collection and (b) payment services in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	25685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The amounts charged for the last three years of audited accounts are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17<br> £m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18<br> £m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19<br> £m</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Receiving Parent Charges </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4%</strong></p></td><td><p>2.026</p></td><td><p>3.241</p></td><td><p>5.430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Paying Parent Charges </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20%</strong></p></td><td><p>10.494</p></td><td><p>16.878</p></td><td><p>27.905</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/03/2020 17:20:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1184952

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2020
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Off-payroll Working
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many contractors working for her Department have had their employment status assessed in relation to the new IR35 rules on off-payroll working; and how many of those staff are subject to those rules.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	29246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2020 answer text <p>As at 1<sup>st</sup> April 2020, our records show that DWP has a total of 448 contingent labour workers through its Public Sector Resourcing contract engaged across the Department. Of these, under the definitions in accordance with the HMRC Off-Payroll working legislation:</p><p> </p><ul><li>53 are assessed and engaged as ‘Off-Payroll’;</li><li>383 are assessed and engaged as ‘On-Payroll’, and;</li><li>12 are engaged under a PAYE basis and therefore outside of the scope of the off-payroll working legislation.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Whilst the updated legislation for off-payroll working has been postponed for 12 months, the 2017 Off-Payroll working legislation still applies to public sector bodies, and DWP continues to carry out its obligations accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 16/04/2020 13:40:02 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1191834

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2020
	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	Health and Safety Executive: Social Distancing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the resources available to the Health and Safety Executive to ensure that social distancing measures in work places are complied with during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	41503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State and I have had regular meetings with senior officials from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and receive weekly written updates on the work HSE is doing to support the Government during the COVID-19 outbreak. HSE is working within its current budget adopting a flexible regulatory approach to adjust to the new challenges that COVID-19 presents. This includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>maintaining its wide ranging regulatory functions, in particular continuing to investigate work related fatalities and the most serious major injuries, dealing with reported concerns and regulating major hazard industries. Undertaking regulatory activities that do not require site visits such as approvals and permissioning work. Whilst some of HSE’s regulatory intervention work can be done remotely, where it is necessary to provide public assurance that hazards are being effectively managed and to secure compliance with the law, site visits are being made;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>working with Public Health England (PHE), other Government departments and Devolved Administrations to ensure the country is geared up to treat people in Great Britain diagnosed with the COVID-19. HSE continues to offer information and advice on workplace and workforce issues to support the government’s response, including technical advice on personal protection equipment to ensure that healthcare workers and others are adequately protected;</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>working closely with stakeholder groups including trade unions to develop practical guidance to support businesses to continue to operate and, where currently closed, to return to operation whilst ensuring the safety of workers; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>where it comes to HSE’s attention that employers are found not to be complying with PHE’s guidelines taking appropriate action, ranging from specific advice through to serving enforcement notices, so as to ensure that practicable measures are implemented to protect workers and others.</li></ul> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/05/2020 15:57:05 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1191836

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2020
	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	Health and Safety Executive: Enforcement Notices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many enforcement notices have been issued by the Health and Safety Executive during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	41504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p>There have been 136 enforcement notices issued between 23 March 2020 and 29 April 2020. This data was extracted from an operational database on 30 April 2020 and is subject to change as the administrative process of recording the information in the database can take up to 10 days.</p><p /><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/05/2020 16:04:12 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

968390

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Peers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many members of the House of Lords hold (a) paid and (b) unpaid roles within (i) his Department and (ii) his Department's agencies.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	170936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s Ministerial team includes one member of the House of Lords, who holds an unpaid position. The Department has no agencies.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/09/2018 10:30:58 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

971787

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2018
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Sick Leave
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of the number of days of sick leave taken by staff in his Department for mental health reasons in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	173660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The number of sick leave days taken by staff due to mental health reasons at the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales for which data is available, is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of days lost</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales is not an employer in its own right; our staff are employed under Ministry of Justice contracts. We therefore comply with the Ministry of Justice’s attendance management policy to ensure that staff’s wellbeing is maintained and to provide the necessary support so that staff who are absent due to sickness (including mental health related reasons) are enabled to return to work at the earliest possible opportunity.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 17/09/2018 14:12:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders