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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

432351

	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, how many cases using the 2012 statutory child maintenance scheme are being dealt with by the legal enforcement team.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	17608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The information you have requested is not currently available for publication.</p><br /><p>The Department published its strategy for releasing experimental statistics on the 2012 scheme on 26 February 2014, and this was updated on 30 September 2015.</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/publication-strategy-for-the-2012-scheme-administered-by-the-child-maintenance-service" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/publication-strategy-for-the-2012-scheme-administered-by-the-child-maintenance-service</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 30/11/2015 14:28:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

432352

	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, how many Deduction from Earnings Orders (a) have been issued and (b) are in place in respect of cases using the 2012 statutory maintenance scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	17609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>This information is not readily available and could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 30/11/2015 17:25:30 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck