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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-07-20more like thismore than 2020-07-20
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Child Maintenance Service: Secondment more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees have been seconded from the Child Maintenance Services (CMS) to other sections of her Department as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; when the CMS will be return to the staffing levels before the covid-19 outbreak; and if she will make a statement. more like this
tabling member constituency Kilmarnock and Loudoun more like this
tabling member printed
Alan Brown more like this
uin 76783 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-07-28more like thismore than 2020-07-28
answer text <p>To meet the unprecedented demand for benefits during the pandemic, the Department redeployed over 10,000 staff to critical frontline work, streamlined processes and increased the capacity of our IT systems. This included approximately 1,700 out of around 6,800 members of staff from the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to support Universal Credit (UC) and Jobseekers Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>Staff began to return to the CMS from July 2020, and the Service will take a staged approach to make use of returning resource over the next few months.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Mid Sussex more like this
answering member printed Mims Davies more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-07-28T16:33:18.763Zmore like thismore than 2020-07-28T16:33:18.763Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Mims Davies remove filter
tabling member
4470
label Biography information for Alan Brown more like this