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1133684

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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 much money has been collected through the (a) four and (b) 20 per cent charge under the Child Maintenance Service’s Collect and Pay system in each quarter of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	267320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>‘PP Collection Charges’ are Paying Parent Collection Charges. They are set at a rate of 20%, which is added to the Child Maintenance a Receiving Parent is due to be paid, and collected once a payment is received from the Paying Parent.</p><p> </p><p>‘RP Collection Charges are Receiving Parent Collection Charges. They are set at a rate of 4%, which is deducted from the amount of money paid by a Paying Parent before CMG send the payment onto the Receiving Parent.</p><p> </p><p>These are the 3 most recent years we are able to report on. The 2018/19 CMS Annual Report and Accounts haven’t been audited yet so we are unable to include these figures.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PP Collection Charge</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>3,442,499</p></td><td><p>3,950,790</p></td><td><p>4,354,306</p></td><td><p>5,130,117</p></td><td><p><strong>16,877,712</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RP Collection Charge</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>662,253</p></td><td><p>758,110</p></td><td><p>831,407</p></td><td><p>988,763</p></td><td><p><strong>3,240,532</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PP Collection Charge</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>2,139,708</p></td><td><p>2,433,748</p></td><td><p>2,756,592</p></td><td><p>3,163,725</p></td><td><p><strong>10,493,773</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RP Collection Charge</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>414,140</p></td><td><p>471,370</p></td><td><p>532,039</p></td><td><p>608,169</p></td><td><p><strong>2,025,718</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Q1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Q4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PP Collection Charge</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>1,020,053</p></td><td><p>1,245,433</p></td><td><p>1,528,716</p></td><td><p>1,779,062</p></td><td><p><strong>5,573,264</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RP Collection Charge</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td><td><p>200,423</p></td><td><p>243,329</p></td><td><p>296,804</p></td><td><p>345,797</p></td><td><p><strong>1,086,353</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/06/2019 16:34:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1133685

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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 cases administered by the Child Maintenance Service were on (a) Direct Pay and (b) Collect and Pay in each quarter of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	267321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is published in Table 4 (Child Maintenance Arrangements for Paying Parents) of the quarterly Child Maintenance Service statistics, which are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-august-2013-to-december-2018-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-august-2013-to-december-2018-experimental</a></p><p>The latest published statistics include data to December 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/06/2019 12:20:19 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1133686

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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 the total amount of uncollected child maintenance payments was under the Child Maintenance Service in each quarter of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	267322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is published in Table 9 (How much child maintenance the Child Maintenance Service has arranged) of the quarterly Child Maintenance Service statistics, which are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-august-2013-to-december-2018-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-august-2013-to-december-2018-experimental</a></p><p>The latest published statistics include data to December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Table 9 gives the cumulative total, at the end of each quarter, of maintenance arranged through the Child Maintenance Service that had not been paid, and now needs to be collected through the Collect &amp; Pay service.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/06/2019 12:24:52 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1133687

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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 parents under the Child Maintenance Service were paying child maintenance using a Deduction from Earnings order in each quarter of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	267323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The below table gives the number of Paying Parents on the Child Maintenance Service, who, at the end of each quarter, were using the Collect &amp; Pay service with a Deduction from Earnings Order. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100. These figures count all Paying Parents using a Deduction from Earnings Order, regardless of whether any maintenance had been paid in that quarter. The figures do not include Deduction from Earnings Requests.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Quarter Ending</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>DEOs in place</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-16</p></td><td><p>14,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-16</p></td><td><p>16,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-16</p></td><td><p>18,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-16</p></td><td><p>20,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>21,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-17</p></td><td><p>23,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-17</p></td><td><p>26,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-17</p></td><td><p>30,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>36,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>40,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>43,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-18</p></td><td><p>45,100</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Statistics including data to March 2019 will be published on 26<sup>th</sup> June.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/06/2019 12:34:54 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1133317

registered interest
date	19/06/2019
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	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of providing free television licences to people over the age of 75 for qualifying residents in (a) the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency and (b) North Lanarkshire local authority area in (i) 2017-18 and (ii) 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	266806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>In the 2015 funding settlement, the Government agreed with the BBC that responsibility for the concession will transfer to the BBC in June 2020.</p><p>The government and the BBC agreed this is a fair deal for the BBC - in return we closed the iPlayer loophole and committed to increase the licence fee in line with inflation. And to help with financial planning, we agreed to provide phased transitional funding over 2 years to gradually introduce the cost to the BBC.</p><p>This reform was subject to public discussion and debated extensively during the passage of the Digital Economy Act 2017 through Parliament.</p><p>On 10 June 2019, the BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/aboutthebbc/reports/consultation/age-related-tv-licence-policy" target="_blank">announced</a> that the current scheme will end. From 1 June 2020, a free TV licence will only be available to a household with someone aged over 75 who receives Pension Credit.</p><p>The table below provides estimates of the costs for 2017/18 of providing free TV licences to people aged 75 and over in the geographical areas requested, in nominal prices. The figures for 2018/19 will be available in September.</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure (£m) (Nominal)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(a) Motherwell and Wishaw constituency</strong></p></td><td><p>£0.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(b) North Lanarkshire local authority area</strong></p></td><td><p>£2.95</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/06/2019 17:09:22 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 124929 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows