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1359942

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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: Disability
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 National Disability Strategy published by the Government in July 2021, when her Department plans to begin consulting on workforce reporting on disability for large employers; what the timeframe is for that consultation; and when her Department plans to publish next steps and recommendations in response to that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	57128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>We will begin consulting on workforce reporting on disability for large employers in the coming months. In line with the government's consultation principles, the consultation will run for at least 12 weeks, and will provide a response within 12 weeks of the consultation closing. We have committed to publishing our next steps following the consultation, and plan to do so in 2022.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/10/2021 13:51:28 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 25594 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1220617

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
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 (a) paid and (b) owed in the second quarter of 2020 in (i) Motherwell and Wishaw constituency, (ii) North Lanarkshire, and (iii) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	68722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>Child Maintenance statistics are published quarterly and the latest statistics to March 2020 are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme</a></p><p> </p><p>Statistics covering the second quarter of 2020 will not be published until September 2020.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 68723 question first answered 09/07/2020 16:33:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 35810 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1220618

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
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 and what proportion of parents registered with the child maintenance service (a) paid and (b) did not pay maintenance in the second quarter of 2020 in (i) Motherwell and Wishaw constituency, (ii) North Lanarkshire, and (iii) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	68723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>Child Maintenance statistics are published quarterly and the latest statistics to March 2020 are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme</a></p><p> </p><p>Statistics covering the second quarter of 2020 will not be published until September 2020.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies grouped question UIN 68722 question first answered 09/07/2020 16:33:19 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 35811 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1220620

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
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	Child Maintenance Service: 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 (a) parents with care and (b) children are registered with the child maintenance service in (i) Motherwell and Wishaw constituency, (ii) North Lanarkshire, and (iii) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	68725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>The number of Receiving Parents using the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) and the number of associated children subject to a CMS arrangement, in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency, North Lanarkshire and Scotland in March 2020 are given in the following table:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of Receiving Parents using the Child Maintenance Service and the number of associated children, March 2020</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Receiving Parents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Children</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>36,500</p></td><td><p>52,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p>2,700</p></td><td><p>3,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motherwell and Wishaw</p></td><td><p>700</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><br> <br> </strong></p><p><strong>Source</strong>: Child Maintenance Group administrative data</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ol><li>These figures do not include cases in which historical child maintenance arrears, originally arranged by the Child Support Agency, have been transferred to the CMS for collection.</li><li>Counts of children include all children under the age of 20 who are associated with an open child maintenance arrangement. Some of these children, of age 16 or above, may no longer be considered qualifying children for the purposes of calculating the Paying Parent's liability.</li><li>All figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.</li></ol> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 09/07/2020 16:33:51 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 35812 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1201270

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
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 people working in contact centres (a) are working on site, (b) have been furloughed, (c) are self-isolating and (d) reporting symptoms or have tested positive for covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	56037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>DWP is committed to providing support to those who need it during the current Pandemic, we have moved a significant number of staff into priority roles to ensure that benefits claims are dealt with as quickly as possible, therefore most of our staff in service delivery roles will be dealing directly with claims (including establishing a virtual contact centre) and we are not able to break this down into figures for contact centres.</p><p>With this caveat in mind then on 8 June 2020, 71,231 people (headcount) were working in the service delivery areas of the Department.</p><p>a) The Department has the majority of its frontline workforce working within its offices, operating under social distancing rules. In addition, since April this year we have undertaken a programme of work to deploy IT equipment to enable staff to work from home wherever possible and as at 2 June, 15,980 items had been despatched. This number does not include those who had previously received IT KIT and who were already able to work from home. We are currently updating our Management Information systems to capture additional details on those working from home.</p><p>(b) No Departmental staff have been furloughed</p><p>(c) On 8 June 2020, 5,189 people were either self-isolating or quarantined for reasons related to covid-19 and unable to work. A high proportion of this group are shielding and, wherever possible, will receive IT equipment to enable them to work from home. Those staff who can work at home while self-isolating are continuing to do so.</p><p>(d) On 8 June 2020, 285 people were absent having notified the Department of sickness as a result of covid-19.</p><p>Across DWP locations we have a procedure in place that ensures that appropriate deep cleaning is undertaken where Covid-19 cases are reported. In addition, health and safety and social distancing guidance is shared with DWP colleagues on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 06/07/2020 16:24:14 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 28189 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1171013

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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 passports have been confiscated due to unpaid child maintenance under the Child Maintenance Service in each month since that power came into effect.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	3798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The total number of passports which have been immediately disqualified are 4. The months where disqualification took place were March 2019, June 2019, and 2 cases in August 2019.</p><p> </p><p>There are a further 3 cases for which the disqualification of a passport has been suspended pending payment. If payment is not received as directed before the end of the period of suspension, then the passport will be automatically disqualified.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/01/2020 16:54:23 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 1798 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1170687

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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, under what conditions cases under the Child Maintenance Service will be moved onto collect and pay.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	3239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Parents are given the opportunity to avoid collection charges and use the Direct Pay Service, provided paying parents can pay their maintenance in full and on time. Where parents fail to pay their liability in full and on time, parents should notify the Child Maintenance Service who will take swift action to move the case to Collect &amp; Pay to enforce payment and recover any arrears.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 21/01/2020 13:41:17 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 1799 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1170688

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	Child Maintenance Service: 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 members of staff have worked for the Child Maintenance Service in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	3240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>Please find attached the staffing information for Child maintenance Service. We are unable to provide information back to 2013 and data separating Child Maintenance Service (CMS)staffing from overall Child Maintenance Group has only been available since 2017</p><p><strong>(</strong>CMG<strong>) </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>CMG</p></td><td><p>CMS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 19</p></td><td><p>6842</p></td><td><p>5684</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 18</p></td><td><p>6988</p></td><td><p>5433</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 17</p></td><td><p>8009</p></td><td><p>5238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 16</p></td><td><p>9421</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 15</p></td><td><p>10590</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 22/01/2020 16:54:08 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 1801 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1170689

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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 the Child Maintenance Service has handled under (a) direct pay and (b) collect and pay in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	3241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Please find attached data on the number of child maintenance arrangements. We are unable to provide information back to 2013 as data is only available since 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>The number of Child Maintenance Arrangements</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p><em>The number of child maintenance arrangements managed by the Child Maintenance Service, split by service type</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></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><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Child Maintenance Arrangements</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>Quarter Ending</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Direct Pay</p></td><td><p>C&amp;P total</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> </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>Mar-15</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>79,100</p></td><td><p>37,200</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> </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>Mar-16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>141,900</p></td><td><p>61,900</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> </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>Mar-17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>220,600</p></td><td><p>95,400</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> </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>Mar-18</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>272,100</p></td><td><p>137,600</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> </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>Mar-19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>307,600</p></td><td><p>165,700</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> </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></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 23/01/2020 17:02:45 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 1800 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows