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	registered interest
	date	07/11/2016
	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 referrals of child maintenance debtors to credit reference agencies have been made since March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	51999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department is committed to the policy of referring those defaulting on their child maintenance payments to credit reference agencies.</p><p>Following the change in legislation in March 2015, we have been working with the credit reference agencies to put in place a process to share liability order information. We are currently working with the credit reference agencies to negotiate a cost effective contract for this data service.</p><p>To date no liability order information has been shared, but it is CMG’s intention to do so as soon as possible.</p><p>As at 7<sup>th</sup> November 2016 there are a total of 1,152 cases prepared and ready to share with credit reference agencies; we plan to disclose this information with credit reference agencies once an appropriate process is in place. In the interim we continue to issue warning letters to prompt action by non-resident parents to settle their arrears, and will where appropriate consider other enforcement actions on these cases.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 14/11/2016 16:55:02 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

525727

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2016
	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 referrals of child maintenance debtors to credit reference agencies have been made since the power to do so was introduced in March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	40757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department is committed to the policy of referring those defaulting on their child maintenance payments to credit reference agencies.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are currently working with the credit reference agencies to develop a secure process to ensure safe and accurate data sharing.</p><p> </p><p>As at 17 June 2016 there are a total of 686 cases prepared and ready to share with credit reference agencies; we will disclose this information with credit reference agencies once an appropriate process is in place.</p><p> </p><p>In interim we continue to issue warning letters to prompt action by non-resident parents to settle their arrears, and will where appropriate consider other enforcement actions on these cases.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 27/06/2016 10:31:39 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

456716

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	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 amount of child maintenance arrears accrued on the 1993 and 2003 schemes has been transferred to the 2012 scheme for collection in relation to 1 April 2015 (a) cases with a current CMS liability order and (b) cases with not current CMS liability order.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	29355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Information on whether cases with transferred arrears have a current liability on CMS is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Information on transferred arrears is set out on Page 14 of the 1993 and 2003 Child Maintenance Schemes - Client Fund Accounts 2014/15 which can be accessed online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/485960/HC687_Client_fund_1993_tagged.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/485960/HC687_Client_fund_1993_tagged.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/03/2016 14:15:53 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

456717

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	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, whether the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) gives the same priority for collection to arrears owed to parent with care who transfers from the Child Support Agency to the CMS by a paying parent as new arrears which accumulate under the 2012 scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	29358
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service is committed to ensuring parents fulfil their obligation to make financial provision for their children. The approach to the collection of arrears was set out in the DWP Child Maintenance Arrears and Compliance Strategy, <em>Preparing for the future, tackling the past</em> published on 31 January 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/03/2016 14:19:15 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

456718

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	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 on the Child Maintenance Service system have child maintenance arrears, due to be paid by the non-resident parent, which were incurred under the 1993 or 2003 child maintenance schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	29356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Information on the number of cases with transitioned arrears from the 1993 or 2003 schemes is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/03/2016 17:28:14 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

456719

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	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 Child Maintenance Service (CMS) cases groups paying (a) by direct pay and (b) via the CMS collection service have a payment schedule which contains an amount in respect of Child Support Agency child maintenance arrears in addition to their current liability.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	29357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2016 answer text <p>Information on payment schedules is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/03/2016 14:13:43 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

446082

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2016
	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 (a) six month notices, (b) three month closure notices and (c) final closure notices of case closure have been sent to Child Support Agency cases in (i) segment 1, (ii) segment 2, (iii) segment 3 and (iv) segment 4.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	23109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the total number of (a) six month notice letters of case closure, (b) one month reminder letters of case closure, and (c) final letters issued for segments 1, 2, 3 and 4, as at the end of December 2015:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Segment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Six month notice </strong></p></td><td><p>395,500</p></td><td><p>137,900</p></td><td><p>43,200</p></td><td><p>238,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>One month reminder letter</strong></p></td><td><p>365,400</p></td><td><p>104,600</p></td><td><p>30,100</p></td><td><p>69,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Final letter</strong></p></td><td><p>373,000</p></td><td><p>98,900</p></td><td><p>10,400</p></td><td><p>33,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Figures rounded to nearest 100.</li><li>The figures are made up from cases proactively selected for case closure, and not those where an application has been made to the 2012 scheme and a related case exists on the 93/03 scheme which is then reactively closed down.</li><li>Cases selected for closure are sent a six month notice of case closure. One letter is sent to the parent with care and one to non-resident parent. They are then sent a reminder letter one month before their case closure date (no letter is sent at three months). They are sent a final letter when their case is closed.</li></ol><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/01/2016 10:56:24 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

432346

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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, whether, where there is a Direct Pay arrangement for child maintenance between parents but the liabilities required by the Child Maintenance Service have not been fully paid, that Service seeks to collect unpaid amounts retrospectively.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	17610
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>The Child Maintenance Service has a wide range of effective powers to facilitate the collection of child maintenance.</p><br /><p>Where a direct pay arrangement is in place between parents and the Child Maintenance Service is informed and satisfied that payments have been missed, action will be taken to collect these amounts retrospectively at the request of the receiving parent.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 30/11/2015 13:50:57 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

432349

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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 the value is of outstanding child maintenance arrears owed in respect of cases using the 2012 statutory maintenance scheme where the arrears were (a) accrued under the 2012 scheme and (b) transferred from the 1993 and 2003 statutory schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	17606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>a) As at August 2015, outstanding maintenance arrears stood at £35.1 million. More details can be found on page 6 of the Child Maintenance Service 2012 Scheme experimental statistics which can be accessed online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-aug-2015-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-aug-2015-experimental</a>.</p><br /><p>b) Information on the amount of arrears in respect of the 1993 and 2003 Schemes transitioned from the 1993 and 2003 systems to the 2012 system will be published in the 1993 / 2003 Client Fund Accounts due for release shortly after the accounts have been audited by the National Audit Office.</p><p>Previous publications can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-maintenance-client-funds-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-maintenance-client-funds-accounts</a></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 30/11/2015 13:57:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

432350

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	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, in what proportion of Child Maintenance Service cases was a contribution made to their current liability (a) in full, (b) in part or (c) not at all (i) paying by Direct Pay and (ii) using the Calculation and Collection service in the last quarter for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	17607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>i) As shown in the CMS 2012 experimental statistics, at August 2015, 70% of cases are paying by Direct Pay (see table 6.1 which can be accessed online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-aug-2015-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-aug-2015-experimental</a>).</p><p>Direct Pay cases are assumed to be fully meeting their current liability (since clients can come back to the CMS if there is a default on their payment or to request a revised calculation), therefore 100% of Direct Pay cases were assumed to be paying in full.</p><br /><p>ii) Information regarding the proportion of cases making a contribution to their current liability via the Calculation and Collection service is not currently available. Contribution towards current liability is reported at case group level because of the way cases are administered on the 2012 system. (see table 4 which can be accessed online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-aug-2015-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-aug-2015-experimental</a>).</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Note:</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>At August 2015, the overall proportion of Case Groups Contributing towards Current Liability was 88%.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 30/11/2015 14:11:37 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck