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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

1191837

	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
	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 Government has for the future role of the Health and Safety Executive.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	41505
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2020 answer text <p>Ministers meet regularly with HSE officials to discuss its functions. HSE sets out its roles and activities in annual plans and strategy documents.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/05/2020 13:03:40 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 20362 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1191838

	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
	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 role of trade unions in encouraging health and safety practices in the workplace.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	41506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The health and safety system in Great Britain depends on collaboration between trade unions, business and government to maintain its global reputation as a leader and standard setter in the field.</p><p> </p><p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) framework ensures there is a tripartite Board composition of local authority, employee and employer representatives. This encourages an open and constructive approach to strategic decision making and is replicated throughout key industry groups.</p><p> </p><p>HSE places great importance on worker involvement and consultation as it is a key factor in improving health and safety in the workplace. Trade union workplace health and safety representatives operating in partnership with management are an important part of realizing health and safety benefits.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 11/05/2020 16:18:54 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1233385

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2020
	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	Kickstart Scheme
	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 businesses that (a) will and (b) will not be eligible to sign up to the Kickstart scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	88348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2020 answer text <p>The department is now processing many applications from across the UK, this is currently a clerical process, so reliable management information, particularly on geographical areas, is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 88324 question first answered 15/09/2020 14:00:28 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1239286

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2020
	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, how many child maintenance cases with arrears awaiting enforcement action were put on hold as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; and how many of those cases are yet to commence enforcement action.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	97601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>We have been clear throughout COVID-19 that those found to be abusing the system can be subjected to the full extent of our enforcement powers and the Child Maintenance Service will continue to pursue all cases, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent closure of all courts, legal enforcement action was put on hold for 2,198 cases. The information required to assess the current status of these particular cases is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>It may be helpful to note, however, that at the beginning of October; 390 enforcement cases had been progressed and now have a confirmed court date, and 1790 cases were awaiting further court action, consisting of both newly referred cases and the original cases put on hold.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 12/10/2020 16:49:20 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders