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1668563

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date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Post Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of removing DVLA services from the Post Office in March 2024 on (a) elderly people and (b) people without internet access.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2023 answer text <p>Post Office Ltd currently provides a limited range of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) services and an extension to the current contract has been agreed, ensuring that DVLA services will be available at post offices until the end of March 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA wants its customers to be able to access its services as quickly and as easily as possible and the role of front office counter services will form part of the considerations of future service offerings, utilising government agreements if necessary.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The vast majority of those licensing vehicles already do so online or via the DVLA’s automated telephone service, which is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The DVLA will continue to ensure that all customers are able to license their vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 17/11/2023 09:55:22 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1600472

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
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	Employment: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to (a) introduce retraining programmes and (b) take further steps to help support unemployed people over the age of 50 move back into the workforce.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	156217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government offers a wide range of training programmes such as Sector-based Work Academies, Skills Bootcamps and Apprenticeships aimed at helping people of all ages find work or a new career. Unemployed benefit claimants are supported by Work Coaches and other Jobcentre Plus staff, who are equipped with knowledge about local labour markets and training opportunities, including what may be available for older people looking to move back into employment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also providing over £20 million over the Spending Review Period for an enhanced offer for people aged 50+ to remain in and return to work.</p><p> </p><p>Mid-life MOTs will be delivered to people in work in the private sector; to eligible customers in the Jobcentres; and the digital Mid-life MOT will also be expanded and improved. Sessions in the Jobcentres have already started to be delivered.</p><p> </p><p>This funding will also ensure that older jobseekers on Universal Credit receive more intensive, tailored support during the first nine months of their claim. This will give work coaches more time to spend with older job seekers who have recently become unemployed, and who the work coach feels need extra support to tackle barriers or difficulties in finding work.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are also multiple over 50 jobs fairs, Mid-life MOT fairs and 50 plus events in individual regions and JCPs to facilitate this.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 09/03/2023 11:20:06 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1312166

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	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, whether she has plans to reduce the waiting period for universal credit claimants to receive support for mortgage interest payments.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	187301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department currently has no plans to amend the qualifying period for Support for Mortgage Interest for Universal Credit claimants.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/04/2021 08:04:09 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1256641

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
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 steps her Department is taking to tackle parents whose child maintenance liability is inconsistent with their lifestyle and financial resources.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	122842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The income information for a child maintenance calculation is obtained directly from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). This figure includes earnings from self-employment. Either parent may request a variation to a maintenance calculation to allow the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to consider some circumstances which are not covered by the basic calculation. This includes unearned income such as rental income from property or land, or dividends and interest from savings and investments. If a variation succeeds, the maintenance liability may be adjusted.</p><p> </p><p>Cases involving complex income or suspected fraudulent behaviour are referred to the CMS’s Financial Investigation Unit (FIU), a specialist team who can request information from financial institutions to check the maintenance calculation is accurate. If an investigation finds evidence of criminality the FIU may seek to prosecute or forward to HMRC for fraud action.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 03/12/2020 14:57:02 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous