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391036

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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 factors were taken into account in setting the application fee for the Child Maintenance Service at £20.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	7793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Following the consultation <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/strengthening-families-promoting-parental-responsibility-the-future-of-child-maintenance" target="_blank">‘Strengthening families, promoting parental responsibility: the future of child maintenance’</a>, and debates in both Houses, the level of the application fee was reduced from £100 to £20. The fee is intended to strike the right balance of ensuring parents do not default into the statutory scheme, without placing an unreasonable financial burden on those who are unable to reach a family based arrangement. It also provides a nominal contribution to a system that is expensive to administer.</p><p> </p><p>Application fees do not apply to victims of domestic violence or to applicants aged 18 or under.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/07/2015 13:02:58 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

391038

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of children living in poverty in (a) Copeland and (b) Cumbria.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	7879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Government does not produce child poverty statistics at local authority or parliamentary constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 10:23:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

391039

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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	Work Programme: Copeland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Copeland constituency participated in the Work Programme scheme in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	7880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on the number of Work Programme referrals, attachments and job outcomes to March 2015 by various geographies, including parliamentary constituencies, is published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html" target="_blank">http://tabulation-tool.dwp.gov.uk/WorkProg/tabtool.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dwp-tabulation-tool-guidance</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/07/2015 11:22:24 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

391047

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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	Social Security Benefits: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department collects on the number of people who die after having their benefit withdrawn following being sanctioned.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	7886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on the 14 July 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-07-06/5731/" target="_blank">UIN 5731</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/07/2015 11:17:05 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

390688

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Taxation: Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number of single earner married couples and (b) proportion of all married couples who are single earner married couples in each country of the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong>Table 1</strong>: number of married couples where one adult in the couple is employed or self-employed, by country in the UK, 3-year averages</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>United Kingdom</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08 to 2009/10</p></td><td><p>2,190,000</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td><td><p>190,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>2,570,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09 to 2010/11</p></td><td><p>2,180,000</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td><td><p>190,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>2,560,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10 to 2011/12</p></td><td><p>2,160,000</p></td><td><p>120,000</p></td><td><p>190,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>2,540,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 to 2012/13</p></td><td><p>2,120,000</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td><td><p>190,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>2,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 to 2013/14</p></td><td><p>2,090,000</p></td><td><p>110,000</p></td><td><p>180,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>2,460,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2</strong>: proportion of married couples where one adult in the couple is employed or self-employed, by country in the UK, 3-year averages</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>United Kingdom</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08 to 2009/10</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09 to 2010/11</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10 to 2011/12</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11 to 2012/13</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 to 2013/14</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Source:</strong> Family Resources Survey, 2007/08 to 2013/14</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>1. The Family Resources Survey is a nationally representative sample of UK households.</p><p>2. The figures from the Family Resources Survey are based on a sample of households which have been adjusted for non-response using multi-purpose grossing factors which align the Family Resources Survey to former Government Office Region population by age and sex. Estimates based on survey data are subject to uncertainty due to sampling error and remaining non-response error.</p><p>3. The figures presented are three-year averages due to relatively small sample sizes of married couples available for some countries in individual years.</p><p>4. Data are rounded to the nearest ten thousand or 1 per cent.</p><p>5. Percentages in Table 2 are calculated by dividing the number of married couples where one adult is in employment by the total number of married couples (i.e. those couples where one, both or neither is employed).</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/07/2015 13:13:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

390847

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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 and Support Allowance: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment and support allowance claimants in Scotland are in the Work Related Activity Group.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	7751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The information available for the number of Employment and Support Allowance claimants by phase of claim and region is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/default.asp</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance for users is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/home/newuser.asp</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 10:21:25 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

390868

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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 much child maintenance was not collected in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	7691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The table below shows the total amount of liability accrued each year and, by comparison, how much was received or adjusted and the difference at the end of the year. Liability accrued is compared with collections excluding and including amounts in respect of arrears and technical adjustments.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A new methodology was introduced in the December 2013 Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics which is only available for data from January 2012. Figures prior to this do not use a comparable methodology and are therefore not included.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year ending:</p></td><td><p>Liability Accrued in the Year (£m)<sup>(2,3)</sup></p></td><td><p>Regular Maintenance Collected in the year i.e. excluding amounts towards arrears and technical adjustments (£m) <sup>(2,4)</sup></p></td><td><p>Difference in regular maintenance (£m) at the end of the year<sup> (6) </sup></p></td><td><p>Total Credits in the year i.e. including amounts towards arrears and technical adjustments (£m)<sup>(2,5)</sup></p></td><td><p>Difference in credits (£m) at the end of the year<sup>(7)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>A</p></td><td><p>B</p></td><td><p>=A-B</p></td><td><p>C</p></td><td><p>=A-C</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-13</p></td><td><p>£915.7</p></td><td><p>£655.0</p></td><td><p>£260.7</p></td><td><p>£828.3</p></td><td><p>£87.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-14</p></td><td><p>£942.4</p></td><td><p>£688.0</p></td><td><p>£254.4</p></td><td><p>£849.0</p></td><td><p>£93.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-15</p></td><td><p>£840.7</p></td><td><p>£629.3</p></td><td><p>£211.4</p></td><td><p>£767.4</p></td><td><p>£73.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1)</p><p>a. Figures are against the 1993 and 2003 statutory maintenance services only, including cases managed off system.</p><p>b. Maintenance Direct cases are not included within this table. A Maintenance Direct case would not accrue liability on the CSA computer Systems, due to money being paid directly between parents.</p><p>2) Total Liabilities is the sum of the quarterly amounts of money charged as regular maintenance (excluding any technical adjustments).</p><p>3) Regular maintenance collected is the amount of money paid via the collection service excluding technical adjustments. This figure is derived by summing the quarterly figures together. It is possible that some of the maintenance not collected in one of the quarters might be collected in the next quarter as arrears; however this will not be included in the regular maintenance figures.</p><p>4) Total credits are the sum of the quarterly amounts of money paid, including technical adjustments and contributions towards arrears, via the collection service.</p><p>5) The difference in regular maintenance at the end of the year is the amount of liability not collected on time within each quarter.</p><p>6) The difference in credits at the end of the year is the amount of liability not collected. This is the total amount of liability accrued minus regular maintenance collected, technical adjustments and payments towards arrears.</p><p>7) Quarterly figures are published in the Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-march-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/07/2015 13:26:56 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

390869

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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	Food Banks: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of the measures in the Summer Budget 2015 on foodbank use in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	7750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The factors driving Food Bank use are many and complex – as the All Party Parliamentary Group report recognised. We know that work is the best route out of poverty, which is why we are introducing a living wage and bringing forward reforms to ensure work always pays.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 21/07/2015 12:00:26 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

390870

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure self-employed people claiming child maintenance declare their income in full.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	7694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>For the 2012 scheme, income data is sought directly from HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>Under the 1993 and 2003 schemes self-employed earners are asked to provide HMRC’s Tax Calculation Notice as evidence of their income. If this cannot be provided, income data can be requested directly from HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>Should any client believe issues of tax fraud exist, we will signpost them appropriately to HMRC or the Financial Investigation Unit, run by the Child Maintenance Group.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/07/2015 13:31:30 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

390871

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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 steps his Department is taking to improve the collection of child maintenance; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	7695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>Children have better outcomes when parents work together following a separation. As part of the child maintenance reforms introduced in 2012, everyone wishing to make an application to the statutory scheme is required to contact the Child Maintenance Options Service, which will provide information on the full range of options available to separating parents including where to find support to make their own, effective family based arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>Those parents who choose to use the 2012 scheme will benefit from a faster and simpler way of working out maintenance, with information on earnings collected direct from HMRC, and a self-service portal to enable parents to track payments.</p><p> </p><p>In the event of non-compliance the Department has a wide range of effective powers to collect child maintenance, including taking deductions direct from earnings and bank accounts. Those who persistently fail to pay may be committed to prison.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published figures are continuing to increase and are, at present, showing 88% of cases on the 1993 and 2003 schemes and 88% of case groups on the 2012 scheme contributing towards their current maintenance liability, their highest position to date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/07/2015 10:57:24 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord