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229263

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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	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 assessment he has made of the effect on child poverty of the introduction of child maintenance service charges.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Mike Wood
uin	228852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North, Catherine McKinnell, on 13 October 2014 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons&amp;use-dates=True&amp;answered-from=2014-10-13&amp;answered-to=2014-10-13&amp;dept=29&amp;uin=208928" target="_blank">208928</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2015 09:14:54 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	401 label Biography information for Mike Wood

229266

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
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	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 assessment he has made of the gender impact of the introduction of child maintenance service charges.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Mike Wood
uin	228853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The assessment of the gender impact of fees and charges for the new Child Maintenance Service was published in the Equality Impact Assessment for the Child Support Fees Regulations 2013. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/220219/eia-child-support-fees.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/220219/eia-child-support-fees.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2015 09:20:32 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	401 label Biography information for Mike Wood

228848

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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	Employment Schemes: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many times ministers or officials from his Department visited Wales since April 2012 to discuss the Jobs Growth Wales programme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	228593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>DWP Ministers or Officials have not visited Wales since April 2012 to discuss the Jobs Growth Wales Programme.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 25/03/2015 10:15:10 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

228888

registered interest
date	20/03/2015
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
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 housing benefit paid in (a) Islington, (b) Greater London and (c) England was for tenants of (i) council property, (ii) housing associations and (iii) the private sector in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	228631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information we have is for the average weekly Housing Benefit award, by tenure and various geographies, up to November 2014 and this is available at:</p><p> </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> </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 question first answered 25/03/2015 10:57:28 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

228664

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	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 Support Agency (CSA) cases have been closed as part of the phased three-year CSA case closure programme.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	228463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Up to and including 28<sup>th</sup> February 2015, 5,100 cases have been closed as part of the phased three-year CSA case closure programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Figure rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p>The figure is made up from cases proactively selected for case closure, and those where an application has been made to the 2012 scheme and a case exists on the 93/03 scheme which is then reactively closed down.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/03/2015 09:11:15 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

228665

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	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 Support Agency cases are being dealt with by the legal enforcement section of that Agency.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	228464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As of the end of November 2014 17,100 cases were being dealt with by the legal enforcement section of the Child Support Agency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Figure rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/03/2015 09:14:23 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

228666

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	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 calls the Child Maintenance Options Service has received in each month from September 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	228465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The number of inbound calls received by the Child Maintenance Options Service from September 2014 to the end of February 2015 is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Number of calls received by the Child Maintenance Options Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-14</p></td><td><p>31,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-14</p></td><td><p>30,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-14</p></td><td><p>27,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-14</p></td><td><p>20,970</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-15</p></td><td><p>33,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-15</p></td><td><p>31,020</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Data Sourced from CMO Monthly MI Service Pack</p><p>- Data rounded to nearest 10</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/03/2015 09:19:54 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

228668

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	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 six months' notice warning letters of case closure have been sent to Child Support Agency customers in each month since December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	228425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of six months’ notice warning letters of case closure, that have been issued since December 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Notifications Issued in Month</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>59,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>50,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Figure rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p>The figures are made up from cases proactively selected for case closure, and those where an application has been made to the 2012 scheme and a case exists on the 93/03 scheme which is then reactively closed down.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/03/2015 09:06:11 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

228670

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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	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 reminder letters giving one month's warning of case closure have been sent to Child Support Agency customers in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	228462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The table below shows the number of reminder letters that have been issued giving one months warning of case closure. The case closure process started on the 30 June 2014, with reminder letters being issued from December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Notifications Issued in Month</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2014</p></td><td><p>5,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>13,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>37,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Figure rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p>The figures are made up from cases proactively selected for case closure, and those where an application has been made to the 2012 scheme and a case exists on the 93/03 scheme which is then reactively closed down.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/03/2015 09:00:13 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

228250

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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	Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy that trustees of defined benefit pension schemes are required to have a policy on stewardship.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Huppert
uin	228098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>We are currently consulting on potential changes to the Occupational Pension Schemes (Investment) Regulations 2005 which will support and encourage trustees of both defined benefit and defined contribution pension schemes to consider their approach to stewardship. This forms part of our consultation, entitled “Consultation on changes to the Investment Regulations following the Law Commission’s report ‘Fiduciary Duties of Investment Intermediaries’” which was published on 26th February 2015. The consultation period ends on 20th April 2015 and it is the intention that a Government response will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 23/03/2015 15:01:45 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3931 label Biography information for Dr Julian Huppert