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1145749

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will place in the Library (a) information for each of the benefits in respect to which Kofax Capture software is used and (b) the indexing business rules for each of those benefits.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	290671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The following benefits use KOFAX: ESA, Personal Independence Payment, Attendance Allowance, DLA 65 Plus, DLA Child, Social Fund, Retirement Pension, International Pensions, Carers Allowance, Pension Credit, Maternity Allowance, Industrial Injuries Disability Benefit, Bereavement Benefit,</p><p> </p><p>I have attached a digital copy of the Index Business Rules which will be placed in the House of Commons Library.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/10/2019 09:49:06 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies attachment 1 file name PQ 290671 Index Business Rules 04.10.19.xlsx title Index Business Rules
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1145812

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when she plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Glasgow East of 24 July 2019, reference DL3066.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
tabling member printed	David Linden
uin	291046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>I am sorry that the hon. member for Glasgow East has not yet received a substantive reply to his correspondence. Officials have contacted his office to explain that due to the complexities of the matters raised, investigations into his constituents concerns are ongoing. A substantive reply will be sent as soon as we are in a position to do so.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/10/2019 15:50:39 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 136325 answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

1145871

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 Service complaints were made by paying parents in relation to income data not being used to calculate payments; and what proportion of those complaints were upheld in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	290827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 30/09/2019 15:08:41 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1145881

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 paying parents are in maintenance arrears through the Child Maintenance Service; and how much unpaid maintenance remains outstanding in Dunfermline and West Fife constituency.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	290836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>At the end of June 2019, there were 260 Paying Parents with unpaid maintenance in the Dunfermline and West Fife constituency. The total amount of unpaid maintenance associated with these Paying Parents was £386,000.</p><p> </p><p>Please note the following points:</p><p> </p><ul><li>A Paying Parent may be paying towards multiple child maintenance arrangements;</li><li>These figures do not consider unpaid child maintenance that was arranged by the Child Support Agency;</li><li>Paying Parents with any amount of unpaid maintenance which was arranged by the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) are considered as having arrears;</li><li>The count of Paying Parents has been rounded to the nearest 10, the value has been rounded to the nearest £1,000.</li></ul> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/10/2019 15:11:53 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1145882

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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, for what reason Regulation 4(1) of the Child Support (Child Support Maintenance) Calculations Regulations 2012 provides that a relevant tax year for the calculation of child maintenance by a paying parent is any one of the six years immediately preceding the date of request and not the most recent year for which tax data is available.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	290837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>To make an initial maintenance assessment, regulations provide that HM Revenue &amp; Customs share income information for the most recent complete tax year they hold within the previous six years. This process is repeated annually to ensure the assessment is based on the most recent data HMRC hold and in line with a paying parent’s circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>More recent income data can be used in specific circumstances where a paying parent’s income has changed in a way that breaks the 25% tolerance, requiring their calculation to move from historic to current income.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/10/2019 15:18:30 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1145885

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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 and what proportion of Child Maintenance Service income challenges by paying parents were as a result of private pension payments not being deducted from income calculations.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	290840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/10/2019 15:28:07 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1145998

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Maternity Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the processing times for applications made for statutory maternity pay.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	290672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>Statutory Maternity Pay is administered by employers and as such the Department has no estimate regarding the processing times for applications.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 03/10/2019 15:05:54 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1146003

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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: Disability and Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employees left employment in her Department due to (a) disability and (b) long-term health conditions in (i) 2016, (ii) 2017 and (iii) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	290899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows numbers of ill health retirements over the period requested.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Ill Health Retirements</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All leavers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No of People leaving on health reasons</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-16</p></td><td><p>10,014</p></td><td><p>174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-17</p></td><td><p>6,998</p></td><td><p>129</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>6,754</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 04/10/2019 13:54:46 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

1146050

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Thomas Cook: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support her Department is providing to (a) pilots and (b) cabin crew affected by the liquidation of Thomas Cook.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	290912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>DWP stands ready to support anyone affected by the closure of Thomas Cook, with our Rapid Response Service (RRS) offer. This is a redundancy service designed to give support and advice to employers and their employees when faced with redundancy. It is coordinated nationally by the National Employer and Partnership Team (NEPT) and is managed by Jobcentre Plus.</p><p>The RRS has been mobilised to help people find a new job as soon as possible by offering tailored support. Each Jobcentre Plus district deploy resources according to the situation and the requirements of the workforce. The RRS is delivered in partnership with a range of national and local partners, including National Careers Service and local service providers.</p><p>Our local teams are monitoring all new claims to benefits to identify where the claimant is an ex-employee of Thomas Cook so that they quickly receive the right level of support.</p><p>The Department is working closely with over 100 employers to offer support and opportunities. We are delivering over 65 Job Fairs nationally, where ex-employees can meet local employers with vacancies.</p><p>The full range of support available from Jobcentre Plus and partners includes:</p><ul><li>Information advice and guidance.</li><li>Connecting people to jobs in the labour market.</li><li>Help with job search including CV writing, interview skills, where to find jobs and how to apply for them.</li><li>Help to identify transferable skills and skills gaps (linked to the local labour<br>market).</li><li>Training to update skills, learn new ones and gain industry recognised<br>certification that will improve employability.</li><li>Help to overcome barriers to attending training or securing a job or <br>self-employment such as child care costs, necessary tools, work clothes, travel costs etc.</li><li>On-site presentations to those affected.</li><li>Job Fairs and Job Clubs where appropriate.</li></ul><p>Please note that the data supplied are derived from unpublished management information which was collected for internal Departmental use only, and have not been quality assured to National Statistics or Official Statistics publication standard. They should therefore be treated with caution.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 01/10/2019 15:44:39 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 136321 answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1146134

registered interest
date	25/09/2019
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	Independent Case Examiner
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate she has made of the average time taken by the Independent Case Examiner to review cases submitted by claimants; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	290623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>When the Independent Case Examiner’s Office accepts a complaint for examination; they will initially try resolve it in discussion with the complainant and the relevant business area. If it’s not possible to resolve the complaint, the evidence will be requested and the case will await allocation to an Investigation Case Manager. Cases are dealt with by dedicated teams and are usually brought into investigation in strict date order. Following an examination of the evidence, it may be possible to settle the complaint, if agreement can be reached on actions that satisfy the complainant. If the complaint can’t be settled, the Independent Case Examiner will issue a report detailing findings and any recommendations for redress.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the average time taken to clear complaints accepted for examination by the Independent Case Examiner’s Office, in the current reporting year (April to August 2019), are detailed below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Type of case clearance </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average clearance time in weeks </strong> <strong>(from acceptance to case closure)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Resolution</p></td><td><p>6 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Settlement</p></td><td><p>52 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ICE Report</p></td><td><p>88 weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All cases</p></td><td><p>68 weeks</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 30/09/2019 15:07:49 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson