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registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Department for Work and Pensions: Debt Collection more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his Department's policy is on using debt collection agencies for collection of outstanding payments. more like this
tabling member constituency Paisley and Renfrewshire North more like this
tabling member printed
Gavin Newlands more like this
uin 25952 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-02-12more like thismore than 2016-02-12
answer text <p>The Department’s policy is to recover outstanding debt whenever possible. Where a person is not in receipt of benefit and all the Department’s attempts at recovery have been unsuccessful, the overpayment will be referred to a debt collection agency. The debtor is always given an opportunity to make an agreement to pay the Department before the debt is sent to a debt collection agency to recover.</p><p> </p><p>With the exception of one service provider currently being used by the Child Maintenance Group, the Department does not hold extant, direct contracts with any debt collection agencies although the nature of some of the expired contracts means that a number of collections are still being made. DWP now makes use of one main contract with Indesser. The Framework Contract is managed by Cabinet Office. Indesser manage relationships with a number of Debt Collection Agencies on behalf of all Government Customers.</p><p> </p><p>Under the terms of the Framework Agreement, Indesser and its sub-contractors must comply with relevant industry and public sector standards for service delivery including those of the Credit Services Association, the Code of Practice and the Financial Conduct Authority guidelines. The standards are listed in the DMI Framework Agreement. Indesser reviews subcontractor compliance with these standards through audit and assurance activity, including responsibility for ensuring that they comply with relevant industry standards, managing their performance, and monitoring any complaints. Customer departments (i.e. DWP) in turn receive Letters of Assurance which they review to ensure standards are being achieved and the audits are effective.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown of figures you have requested is derived from operational processes and systems designed solely for the purpose of helping the Department to manage its business. As it was not originally intended for publication, it has not been subjected to the rigorous quality assurance checks applied to our published official statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The debt collection agency costs of the Child Maintenance Group and DWP are given separately. Please note that the figures are rounded to the nearest £10,000.</p><p> </p><p>The cost to the DWP of the debt collection agencies, and the related recovery made by them, is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td><td><p>Recoveries</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>£1.59m</p></td><td><p>£8.50m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>£1.33m</p></td><td><p>£9.77m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>£2.11m</p></td><td><p>£13.94m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£1.95m</p></td><td><p>£14.15m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£2.12m</p></td><td><p>£15.00m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£2.52m</p></td><td><p>£17.30m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016*</p></td><td><p>£1.64m</p></td><td><p>£11.05m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>*to date</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><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></tr><tr><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></tr><tr><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></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The cost to Child Maintenance Group of the debt collection agencies, and the related recovery made by them, is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td><td><p>Recoveries</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>£1.25m</p></td><td><p>£10.20m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>£0.56m</p></td><td><p>£4.68m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>£0.35m</p></td><td><p>£1.35m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£0.21m</p></td><td><p>£1.71m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£0.05m</p></td><td><p>£1.21m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£0.10m</p></td><td><p>£0.86m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016 to date</p></td><td><p>£0.07m</p></td><td><p>£0.53m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency North Swindon more like this
answering member printed Justin Tomlinson more like this
grouped question UIN
25949 more like this
25951 more like this
25953 more like this
25955 more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-02-12T14:15:16.047Zmore like thismore than 2016-02-12T14:15:16.047Z
answering member
4105
label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson more like this
tabling member
4420
label Biography information for Gavin Newlands more like this
450824
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Department for Work and Pensions: Debt Collection more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment of the ethical standards of debt collection agencies his Department undertakes before entering into a contract with such agencies. more like this
tabling member constituency Paisley and Renfrewshire North more like this
tabling member printed
Gavin Newlands more like this
uin 25953 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-02-12more like thismore than 2016-02-12
answer text <p>The Department’s policy is to recover outstanding debt whenever possible. Where a person is not in receipt of benefit and all the Department’s attempts at recovery have been unsuccessful, the overpayment will be referred to a debt collection agency. The debtor is always given an opportunity to make an agreement to pay the Department before the debt is sent to a debt collection agency to recover.</p><p> </p><p>With the exception of one service provider currently being used by the Child Maintenance Group, the Department does not hold extant, direct contracts with any debt collection agencies although the nature of some of the expired contracts means that a number of collections are still being made. DWP now makes use of one main contract with Indesser. The Framework Contract is managed by Cabinet Office. Indesser manage relationships with a number of Debt Collection Agencies on behalf of all Government Customers.</p><p> </p><p>Under the terms of the Framework Agreement, Indesser and its sub-contractors must comply with relevant industry and public sector standards for service delivery including those of the Credit Services Association, the Code of Practice and the Financial Conduct Authority guidelines. The standards are listed in the DMI Framework Agreement. Indesser reviews subcontractor compliance with these standards through audit and assurance activity, including responsibility for ensuring that they comply with relevant industry standards, managing their performance, and monitoring any complaints. Customer departments (i.e. DWP) in turn receive Letters of Assurance which they review to ensure standards are being achieved and the audits are effective.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown of figures you have requested is derived from operational processes and systems designed solely for the purpose of helping the Department to manage its business. As it was not originally intended for publication, it has not been subjected to the rigorous quality assurance checks applied to our published official statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The debt collection agency costs of the Child Maintenance Group and DWP are given separately. Please note that the figures are rounded to the nearest £10,000.</p><p> </p><p>The cost to the DWP of the debt collection agencies, and the related recovery made by them, is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td><td><p>Recoveries</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>£1.59m</p></td><td><p>£8.50m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>£1.33m</p></td><td><p>£9.77m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>£2.11m</p></td><td><p>£13.94m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£1.95m</p></td><td><p>£14.15m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£2.12m</p></td><td><p>£15.00m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£2.52m</p></td><td><p>£17.30m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016*</p></td><td><p>£1.64m</p></td><td><p>£11.05m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>*to date</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><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></tr><tr><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></tr><tr><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></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The cost to Child Maintenance Group of the debt collection agencies, and the related recovery made by them, is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Spend</p></td><td><p>Recoveries</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>£1.25m</p></td><td><p>£10.20m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>£0.56m</p></td><td><p>£4.68m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>£0.35m</p></td><td><p>£1.35m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£0.21m</p></td><td><p>£1.71m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£0.05m</p></td><td><p>£1.21m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£0.10m</p></td><td><p>£0.86m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016 to date</p></td><td><p>£0.07m</p></td><td><p>£0.53m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member constituency North Swindon more like this
answering member printed Justin Tomlinson more like this
grouped question UIN
25949 more like this
25951 more like this
25952 more like this
25955 more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-02-12T14:15:16.143Zmore like thismore than 2016-02-12T14:15:16.143Z
answering member
4105
label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson more like this
tabling member
4420
label Biography information for Gavin Newlands more like this
450825
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading New Enterprise Allowance: Costs more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the annual cost to the public purse is of the National Enterprise Allowance. more like this
tabling member constituency Paisley and Renfrewshire North more like this
tabling member printed
Gavin Newlands more like this
uin 25944 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-02-12more like thismore than 2016-02-12
answer text <p>The cost of the National Enterprise Allowance for 2014/2015 is set out below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="3"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong> <strong>Financial Year</strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>£2,870,327</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>£2,667,964</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>£2,684,145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>£3,024,793</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>£2,680,226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>£2,745,898</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>£2,851,252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>£2,401,930</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>£2,700,389</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>£2,292,763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>£1,920,337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>£2,255,913</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
answering member constituency Witham more like this
answering member printed Priti Patel more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-02-12T13:56:59.497Zmore like thismore than 2016-02-12T13:56:59.497Z
answering member
4066
label Biography information for Priti Patel more like this
tabling member
4420
label Biography information for Gavin Newlands more like this
450826
registered interest false more like this
date remove filter
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions remove filter
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Universal Credit: North West more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit claimants there were in (a) Tameside, (b) Oldham, (c) Wigan and (d) Warrington in the most recent period for which figures are available. more like this
tabling member constituency East Ham more like this
tabling member printed
Stephen Timms more like this
uin 25915 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-02-09more like thismore than 2016-02-09
answer text <p>The information you have requested is available in the official Universal Credit statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/universal-credit-statistics</a></p><p> </p> more like this
answering member constituency Witham more like this
answering member printed Priti Patel more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-02-09T13:53:46.92Zmore like thismore than 2016-02-09T13:53:46.92Z
answering member
4066
label Biography information for Priti Patel more like this
tabling member
163
label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms more like this