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44852

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on whether receiving parents should be responsible for estimating the weekly expenses of the paying parent in the calculation of child maintenance entitlement.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	193357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Section 14 of the Child Support Act 1991 and the Child Support Information Regulations 2008 provide the Child Support Agency and Child Maintenance Service with wide powers to obtain information from parents and third parties for the purpose of making decisions relating to child maintenance, including those decisions which relate to establishing the child maintenance of a Paying Parent.</p><p> </p><p>The Receiving Parent is not responsible for estimating the weekly expenses of a Paying Parent. The Child Maintenance Service, which administers the 2012 Scheme, is built to make best use of taxable income information that is regularly and reliably available from HMRC. However, in the 1993 and 2003 schemes, administered by the Child Support Agency, the Receiving Parent can sometimes be asked to provide evidence of expenditure in order to support an application for a variation on the grounds of “lifestyle inconsistent with declared income”.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 193306 question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

44867

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what powers the Child Support Agency has to investigate the weekly expenses of parents who are paying child maintenance.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	193306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Section 14 of the Child Support Act 1991 and the Child Support Information Regulations 2008 provide the Child Support Agency and Child Maintenance Service with wide powers to obtain information from parents and third parties for the purpose of making decisions relating to child maintenance, including those decisions which relate to establishing the child maintenance of a Paying Parent.</p><p> </p><p>The Receiving Parent is not responsible for estimating the weekly expenses of a Paying Parent. The Child Maintenance Service, which administers the 2012 Scheme, is built to make best use of taxable income information that is regularly and reliably available from HMRC. However, in the 1993 and 2003 schemes, administered by the Child Support Agency, the Receiving Parent can sometimes be asked to provide evidence of expenditure in order to support an application for a variation on the grounds of “lifestyle inconsistent with declared income”.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 193357 question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

44554

registered interest
date	21/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to publish the audited figures for the Child Support Agency's client funds account for 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	South Norfolk
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Bacon
uin	193274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p>It is our intention to publish the audited figures for the Child Support Agency's client funds account for 2012-13 on 27 March.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1451 label Biography information for Mr Richard Bacon

44483

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
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
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 number and proportion of employers scheduled to join auto-enrolment in April 2014 that are on track to meet their deadlines.
tabling member constituency	Fareham
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hoban
uin	193166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has overall responsibility for monitoring compliance with the new employer duties and employers must register with TPR and state how they are meeting the duties. </p><p> </p><p>We expect around 15,900 medium employers (50-249) to stage between April and June 2014 (based on PAYE information as at 1 April 2012). </p><p> </p><p>Research published by The Pensions Regulator in February 2014 shows that most small to medium employers (91%) were confident that their organisation would have done everything it needed to by the deadline.</p><p> </p><p>The Pensions Regulator expects to publish further information on their Compliance and Enforcement work this summer.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1414 label Biography information for Mr Mark Hoban

44484

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
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
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 support small and medium-sized businesses that are due to automatically enrol their employees in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Fareham
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hoban
uin	193165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Pensions Regulator is focusing on educating and enabling employers of all sizes to ensure they are aware of automatic enrolment and understand what they have to do.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulator has implemented an employer journey that consists of a series of letters and emails being sent to employers from 12 months prior to their staging date. As their staging date approaches each email informs the employer at what stage they should be at and also signposts employers to guidance and tools that have been provided by the Regulator. </p><p> </p><p>There is a suite of tools on the Regulator's website including an interactive planning tool to assist employers in getting ready, a staging date tool to find out your staging date, and detailed guides. They have also established a customer support centre for employers to discuss any questions they may have.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulator is also working with intermediaries such as software developers, payroll bureaux and trade body groups to make sure they are able to provide suitable tools, guidance or support if employers require it. Recently an employer advertising campaign has been underway to raise awareness and guide employers to the regulator's website to help them in their preparations.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout the initial roll out of automatic enrolment the Regulator has been assessing the impact of their communications and updating their products to ensure they meet the needs of the changing audience, from the UK's largest employers with thousands of workers, through to those with a small workforce. The Regulator's communications are developed following testing and research and are updated to meet the needs of the changing audience. </p><p> </p><p>Based on research by The Pensions Regulator, levels of employer awareness and understanding of their automatic enrolment duties are high and showing appropriate progress towards employers being able to comply with their duties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1414 label Biography information for Mr Mark Hoban

44485

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
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
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 capacity of pension advisors and providers to support employers who are scheduled to establish workplace pensions through auto-enrolment in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Fareham
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hoban
uin	193167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government is aware of the capacity challenges facing the pensions industry. DWP is engaging regularly with pension providers to ascertain capacity as we move through the medium employer staging dates. </p><p> </p><p>We are confident that NEST will continue to accept all employers in accordance to their Public Service Obligations and will be able to overcome any challenges of employers going to them late.</p><p> </p><p>Automatic enrolment has been designed so that employers do not need to take advice in order to comply with their duties although we understand that many will choose to pay for advice. The Government engages regularly with intermediaries and believes that there is capacity and interest in the market to meet demand.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1414 label Biography information for Mr Mark Hoban

44488

registered interest
date	20/03/2014
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
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 that employers comply with their obligations under auto-enrolment.
tabling member constituency	Fareham
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hoban
uin	193199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has overall responsibility for enforcing compliance with the new employer duties and employers must register with TPR and state how they are meeting the duties. </p><p> </p><p>TPR's focus is on educating and enabling employers to meet their duties and establishing and maintaining a 'pro-compliance' culture. </p><p> </p><p>TPR writes to all employers 12 months before the date they are required to start enrolling workers, and on at least one other occasion (depending on employer size). TPR has also encouraged employers to start planning early (at least 12 months prior to their duties start date). It has provided tools and guidance to help employers plan and these are under constant review as the reforms roll out.</p><p> </p><p>Some employers will fail to comply because they have not understood or have not been able to comply. Where employers do not comply, TPR will consider the circumstances of each case and, where it is appropriate to do so, work with employers to get them compliant. TPR has a graduated approach to enforcement beginning with warnings leading to statutory notices then financial penalties. Criminal prosecution will only be used in the most serious cases.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1414 label Biography information for Mr Mark Hoban

43988

registered interest
date	19/03/2014
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
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 distributional effect of raising the proportion of childcare costs covered by universal credit to 85 per cent within the existing budget.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	192777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Work remains the best route out of poverty, and childcare costs represent a significant barrier to families trying to take the first steps into work or workup to full-timehours. </p><p> </p><p>Government and many of our stakeholders have concluded that funding an increase in childcare support up to 85% provides a sufficient improvement in the financial reward and work incentive for families under Universal Credit. It will see around 500,000 working families get more out of the money they earn, helping more families move into employment and thus supporting our goal to end poverty in a sustainable way.</p><p> </p><p>We will shortly be publishing a response to the consultation on the rate of childcare paid under Universal Credit, which will include more detailed information on the effects of increasing the rate to 85% for all families.</p><p> </p><p>The distributional effects of Universal Credit to be published at the next Autumn Statement, will include any changes to the childcare element Universal Credit</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

44142

registered interest
date	19/03/2014
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
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 housing benefit claimants in the UK in each of the last 30 years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	192907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The information requested for Great Britain is published and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-expenditure-and-caseload-tables-2013</a></p><p> </p><p>Information for Northern Ireland is the responsibility of the Department for Social Development. Northern Ireland statistics can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm" target="_blank">http://www.dsdni.gov.uk/index/stats_and_research/benefit_publications.htm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

44149

registered interest
date	19/03/2014
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
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 (a) Scotland and (b) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency under the age of 25 years were in receipt of housing benefit in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	192796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p>The requested information is show in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Monthly Housing Benefit recipients under the age of 25 in Scotland and Kilmarnock and Loudoun Parliamentary Constituency, December 2012 - November 2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>Kilmarnock and Loudoun Parliamentary Constituency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-12</p></td><td><p>32,807</p></td><td><p>870</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-13</p></td><td><p>32,997</p></td><td><p>916</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-13</p></td><td><p>33,487</p></td><td><p>908</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-13</p></td><td><p>33,397</p></td><td><p>942</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-13</p></td><td><p>33,199</p></td><td><p>945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-13</p></td><td><p>32,887</p></td><td><p>931</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-13</p></td><td><p>32,664</p></td><td><p>922</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-13</p></td><td><p>32,589</p></td><td><p>945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-13</p></td><td><p>32,739</p></td><td><p>948</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-13</p></td><td><p>31,899</p></td><td><p>910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-13</p></td><td><p>31,526</p></td><td><p>897</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-13</p></td><td><p>30,397</p></td><td><p>859</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Stat-Xplore, Department for Work and Pensions.</p><p> </p><p>This information is published and can be found 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><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>Recipients are counted on the second Thursday of the month and statistical disclosure control has been applied to protect against the identification of individual claimants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson