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1037003

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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, whether she was aware of cases where service personnel were deducted more than £900 a month in child support payments while serving on operations.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	205858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>My Department does not hold information on whether service personnel are deployed on operations. Service personnel are treated in the same way as other paying parents and their child maintenance liability will increase, or decrease in line with any changes to their income.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/01/2019 11:17:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1037069

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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, what steps he is taking to reduce the rate of non-compliance from paying parents to receiving parents using the Child Maintenance Service.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	205829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service has wide ranging powers to enforce the collection of both ongoing child maintenance liability and also arrears. Our Compliance and Arrears strategy further strengthens our enforcement powers by enabling the deduction of child maintenance from a wider range of bank accounts, tackling ‘asset rich’ parents by assuming a notional income from certain assets, and enabling non-compliant parents to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a UK passport.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/01/2019 11:32:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1035201

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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	Universal Credit: 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, if he will reduce the number of weeks required for a claimant to be in receipt of universal credit in order to be eligible for support for mortgage interest payments.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	205254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>Working age claimants will need to claim for a period 39 weeks before Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans can be paid. It is reasonable to expect that homeowners should make arrangements by working together with their lenders to meet their housing costs during short terms of unemployment and sickness. We provide support to claimants in explaining their circumstances to their lenders, enabling them to understand that the individual is qualifying for SMI.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 09/01/2019 10:17:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1029332

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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, how many cases the Independent Case Examiner has closed (a) after investigation and (b) without investigation; and for what reason those cases were closed in each month since September 2017.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	204482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The table below provides information on the cases closed by the Independent Case Examiner’s (ICE) Office and the reason they were closed, for each month since September 2017.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Closed following issue of ICE </strong><strong>Investigation Report </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Closed following resolution or settlement agreed with the complainant (without the need for an ICE Investigation Report)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rejected (complaint failed to meet ICE acceptance criteria)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Closed for other reasons (includes withdrawn complaints and those closed following a High Court decision to grant permission for a Judicial Review of the Department’s handling of the change to women’s State Pension age)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>October 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>202</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>December 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>January 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>February 2018 </strong></p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>247</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>March 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>296</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>April 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>June 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>192</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>July 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>222</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>August 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>181</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>September 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>227</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>October 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>November 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>251</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>December 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>1102</p></td><td><p>2521*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Figure is related to the High Court decisions</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 07/01/2019 17:23:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1029334

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	Debt Respite Scheme
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 to include debts owed to her Department in its new breathing space scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	204424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Work and Pensions is supportive of the Breathing Space policy. Departmental officials are working with HM Treasury to understand how the policy could apply to benefit related debts and we will provide a response to the public consultation in line with the end of January deadline.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/01/2019 13:00:04 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1029335

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff were employed in her Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	204533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department collects and publishes its workforce management information each month. These details can be found at the following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-workforce-management-information" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dwp-workforce-management-information</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department’s headcount is collected and reported as at the last day of each month. On 30 June 2016 the Department’s headcount was 84,226 and on 30 November 2018 it was 82,827.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/01/2019 15:55:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1028499

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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 processes are in place to ensure that an individual who is serving in the armed forces is aware that the Child Maintenance Service is investigating a case relating to them; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	203825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>After an initial application is received Child maintenance Group (CMG) will attempt to locate the non-resident parent (NRP). If they are in the Armed Forces a phone call will be made and a letter will be sent to where they are based informing them that they have been named in a case and asking them to contact CMG. Only if CMG receives no cooperation or contact from the NRP will a Deduction from Earnings Request (DER) be considered. If CMG know that the NRP is in the Armed Forces, CMG will contact the Armed Forces Liaison Officer to check whether the non-resident parent is on active service. If the NRP is on active service and NOT in a warzone a DER will be issued. If the NRP is in a warzone, collection action is suspended, DER action halted and the case is reviewed every 3 months. All DER requests are sent to a central MoD address.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/01/2019 13:17:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1028503

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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 cases from the (a) 1993 and (b) 2003 Child Support Agency schemes remain open.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	203828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The latest statistics on the caseload of the Child Support Agency split by scheme are published in Table 1 of the Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics: September 2018 statistics available online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-september-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-september-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/01/2019 13:01:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1028505

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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, with reference to the March 2017 report of the NAO entitled Child maintenance: closing cases and managing arrears on the 1993 and 2003 schemes, HC 1054, for what reason fewer than expected parents who were asked by her Department to join the new scheme have been joining that scheme when their 1993 and 2003 scheme cases are closed.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	203829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The findings of the NAO’s report was based on information gathered in 2016, a little over half way through the case closure programme. The Department’s estimate refers to the number of arrangements once the case closure process is complete. The NAO’s report also does not take into account the order in which cases were closed. To minimise disruption to Child Support Agency arrangements, those where no money was being paid were closed first and the Case Closure Outcomes survey published in December 2016 found that, clients who did not have maintenance payments flowing under the CSA, were less likely to set up a new arrangement with the CMS than parents whose CSA case had maintenance flowing.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/01/2019 15:19:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1028506

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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, with reference to the March 2017 report of the NAO entitled Child maintenance: closing cases and managing arrears on the 1993 and 2003 schemes, HC 1054, what assessment is made of the implications for the level of Child Maintenance Service payments of the (a) war pension and (b) other legacy benefits that a person claims.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	203830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>In the referenced report the NAO presented findings regarding the progress of the Child Support Agency case closure programme and the manner in which arrears accrued under the Child Support Agency were being managed at that time. No assessment of the type described has been carried out as it relates solely to the Child Maintenance Service, and not to the Child Support Agency which was the focus of the NAO report</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/01/2019 12:49:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning