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971441

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 164825 on Children: Maintenance, for how many cases (a) payment was received and (b) payment was received in full within 12 weeks of application in each year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	172403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>(a) The latest statistics on the number of paying parents each quarter by the Child Maintenance Service are published in Table 7 of the Child Maintenance Service: Aug 2013 to Mar 2018 (experimental) statistics available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental</a></p><p>Information up to the end of June 2018 is due to be published on 26<sup>th</sup> September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>(b) We do not monitor the level of payments received within 12 weeks of an application. Payment is not expected to commence at the point of application; there is a period during which the amount of child maintenance liability is calculated and information from all parties is gathered before a payment schedule is put in place. Payment towards this liability is expected to be arranged within 12 weeks of a payment schedule being agreed between all parties, but this may vary depending on the exact circumstances of the case.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 13/09/2018 08:16:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

969437

registered interest
date	07/09/2018
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	Vacancies: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of vacancies filled as a result of the Find a Job website since May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	171650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>Whilst users are able to apply for some vacancies directly through Find a job, other adverts require jobseekers to click through to an off site advert or apply via telephone.</p><p> </p><p>To date, the Find a job service has seen over 526,000 jobseekers sign up for verified accounts, making over 42.8 million searches and 2.25 million on-site applications. There are currently over 169,000 vacancies live on the site.</p><p> </p><p>We are unable to estimate the number of vacancies filled as a result of the Find a job website since its launch in May 2018 as jobseekers and employers have no obligation to tell us of any outcome. This is consistent with other job sites.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally vacancies on Find a job are often advertised on a number of job sites. This means that often the employer will not know which site the applicant has applied from.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/09/2018 15:13:25 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

969150

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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 assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the 2012 Child Maintenance Scheme computer system to process in a timely manner service requests for (a) a new child maintenance scheme claim, (b) a change of circumstances, (c) a variation request, (d) chasing arrears, and (e) enforcement action.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	171425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The 2012 Child Maintenance System (CMS2012) provides support for the full range of child maintenance administrative processes including new applications, case maintenance and enforcement.</p><p> </p><p>A Service Improvement Programme was established in April 2018, to optimise the performance and stability of the system. Significant improvements have already been implemented through both hardware and software upgrades. These changes have already resulted in quicker response times for users and compared with the period June 2017 to September 2017, the average response time of the core case management system has reduced by over 50%. We are continually working with the system’s users to make further improvements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2018 12:13:43 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

969155

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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 assessment she has made of the adequacy of staffing levels working on the Child Maintenance system.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	171430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The numbers of people working within the Child Maintenance Service is reviewed regularly to ensure we have sufficient resources to answer customer calls and progress cases. So far in 2018, we have recruited 510 people into the Child Maintenance Service, with these people joining us between February 2018 and August 2018. We will continue to review the volumes of work against our forecasting model to ensure that we adjust staffing levels as required.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 15:52:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

969276

registered interest
date	06/09/2018
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: Mobile Phones
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 publish a list of the mobile phone applications developed by her Department and its agencies in the last three years; and what the cost to the public purse was of developing of each of those applications.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	171521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>DWP have not developed any dedicated mobile apps for employee or agency use.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/09/2018 14:11:46 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

968108

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Social Security Benefits: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 165149, on Social Security Benefits: Scotland, how many claimants have outstanding benefit overpayment debts that are to be devolved to Scotland which are attributable to (a) overpayment and (b) fraud debts.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	170770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Current data shows that there are 16,457 claimants with overpayments debts that are due to be devolved to Scottish Government. Of this total, 1,079 have overpayment debts classified as Fraud.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 15:03:53 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

968116

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Cold Weather Payments: North Wales
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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of using an alternative weather station to the Mona weather station when determining eligibility for cold weather payments for postcode areas LL33 and LL54-LL61.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	170716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The linkages between postcodes and weather stations are reviewed every year, with the last review being submitted in July 2018. In addition to this year’s review I have commissioned a supplementary review of the LL33 and LL54-61 postcodes, which will be communicated when the Met Office have finalised their thorough re-assessment of the postcodes links.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 15:10:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

968181

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families have claimed the (a) higher and (b) lower rate of bereavement support since 6 April 2017 in (i) England, (ii) the North West, (iii) Merseyside and (iv) Wallasey constituency.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	170703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not currently available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 15:14:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

968185

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the socio-economic background of people appointed to senior positions in her Department in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	170822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Currently DWP does not routinely capture Socio-Economic Background (SEB) information as part of Departmental workforce data. Following the release of the official SEB measures produced by the Cabinet Office in June 2018, we are considering our approach to gathering baseline SEB data. In addition, from 2019 DWP will be collecting SEB information via the annual Civil Service People Survey.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 11/09/2018 11:32:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

968238

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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	Bereavement Support Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department provides for unmarried bereaved parents and their children who are ineligible for bereavement support payments.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	170705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>People not entitled to Bereavement Support Payment may be entitled to income-related benefits which provide longer term assistance with everyday living costs. Those in receipt of a means-tested benefit or tax credits may qualify for a Funeral Expenses Payment if they are responsible for arranging a funeral. Families with dependent children can also receive benefits for their children such as Child Benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Information about all benefits can be found on the GOV.UK website. Jobcentre Plus staff are best placed to discuss individual circumstances and help claim any benefits. They may also be able to point people in the direction of other organisations that could be of assistance, such as Citizens Advice who can offer independent financial advice.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 15:18:12 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle