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968294

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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 timescale is for removing the experimental status of quarterly Child Maintenance Service statistics.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	170879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Experimental badging is used so that users and stakeholders can be involved in the assessment of the publications’ suitability and quality while it is being developed. We are still expanding the Child Maintenance Service Publication and will be performing a full review of our overall Child Maintenance publication strategy over the next 6 months in the light of the completion of the Child Support Agency case closure process.</p><p> </p><p>Once those changes are complete we plan to release Child Maintenance Service statistics under standard Official Statistics guidelines in 2019.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 16:03:19 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

968296

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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 monthly receipts accrued to the public purse were from (a) the fee charged for applications to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), (b) the collection fee for paying parents using the CMS Collect and Pay service, (c) the collection fee for receiving parents using the CMS Collect and Pay service and (d) enforcement fees levied on paying parents in each month since March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	170881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Information on fees in the financial year to date will not be available until audit of the 2017/18 Client Funds Account has been completed.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 16:15:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

968297

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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 estimate she has made of the money that will accrue to the public purse of the (a) fee charged for applications to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), (b) collection fee for paying parents using the CMS Collect and Pay service, (c) collection fee for receiving parents using the CMS Collect and Pay service and (d) enforcement fees levied on paying parents in (i) 2019-20 and (ii) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	170882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">We are not able to provide details of estimates for receipts to the public purse from Child Maintenance Service charges for 2019-20 and 2020-21 as these figures will comprise part of the Spending Review which has yet to be agreed.</del><ins class="ministerial">Details of estimates for receipts to the public purse from Child Maintenance Service charges are not yet available. We expect to have estimates for 2019-20 early in 2019. Estimates for 2020-21 will form part of the next Spending Review.</ins></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 16:19:10 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2018 10:07:58 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson previous answer version 74187 answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

678746

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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, when his Department plans to publish the unlikely to pay guidance given to child maintenance staff to assist them in the determination of whether a non-paying parent should be required to pay child maintenance due via the Collect and Pay Service.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	61692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>We are planning to publish the Child Maintenance Decision Making Guidance online, alongside DWP’s existing Social Security Decision Making Guidance in summer 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance is currently being reviewed and updated, and will include guidance used to decide whether a paying parent should be deemed unlikely to pay.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 01/02/2017 15:34:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

638436

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2016 to Question 52442, how much has accrued to the public purse from (a) the £20 fee charged for applications to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), (b) the 20 per cent collection fee for paying parents using CMS collect and pay service, (c) the four per cent collection fee for receiving parents using the CMS collect and pay service and (d) enforcement fees levied on paying parents in the financial year to date.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	53614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2016 answer text <p>The information provided in the Written Answer of 16th November 2016 [52442] reflects the information to March 2016 audited by National Audit Office as part of the 2015/16 Audit.</p><p>Information on fees in the financial year to date will not be available until audit of the 2016/17 Client Funds Account has been completed.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/11/2016 14:08:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

631978

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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 much has accrued to the public purse from (a) the £20 fee charged for applications to the Child Maintenance Service (CMS), (b) the 20 per cent collection fee for paying parents using the CMS collect and pay service, (c) the four per cent collection fee for receiving parents using the CMS collect and pay service and (d) enforcement fees levied on paying parents.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	52442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Answer I gave the hon. Member for Glasgow South West, Chris Stephens on 4 November 2016 (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=51323" target="_blank">51323</a>).</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 16/11/2016 15:50:26 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

522729

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
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, what the average amount is of child maintenance debt owed to parents with care.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	39097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>As at the end of March 2016, the average amount of child maintenance debt owed to parents with care for the Child Maintenance Service 2012 scheme was £668 and the Child Support Agency 1993/2003 schemes was £2,067.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Figure rounded to nearest pound.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/06/2016 13:38:23 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

511488

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
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 much of the £31 million of child maintenance arrears written off in 2014-15 was written off under each of the ground in the Child Support Management of Payment and Arrears (Amendment) Regulations 2012.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	33711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The circumstances of the £31 million of child maintenance arrears written off in 2014-15 is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Circumstance</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15 write off (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The person with care has requested that the Secretary of State ceases to act in respect of the arrears</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A child in Scotland has requested that the Secretary of State ceases to act in respect of the arrears</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The person with care, or (in Scotland) the child, has died</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The non-resident parent died before 25 January 2010 or there is no further action that can be taken with regard to recovery of the arrears from the non-resident parent’s estate</p></td><td><p>19.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The arrears relate to liability for child support maintenance for any period in respect of which an interim maintenance assessment was in force between 5 April 1993 and 18 April 1995</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The non-resident parent has been informed by the Secretary of State that no further action would ever be taken to recover those arrears</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>The figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred thousand.</li><li>The circumstance ‘Other’ includes amounts written off following Secretary of State and client part payment, £0.5m, arrears written off which were due to the Secretary of State, £0.2m and adjustments to arrears balances which have transitioned to the 2012 Child Maintenance system, £0.6m.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 19/04/2016 09:20:55 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

511490

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
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, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Policy, Law and Decision Making Guidance used by Child Maintenance Service caseworkers when making decisions on the application of Section 137(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and the unlikely to be paid test.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	33671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department is currently revising the Policy Law and Decision Making Guidance, so it is not appropriate to make it publicly available at this time.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 19/04/2016 09:16:56 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

511492

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
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, when he expects to lay before Parliament the results of the 30-month review required under Section 141 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 of the effect of the Child Support Fees Regulations 2014.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	33672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The department has a statutory obligation to complete the 30 month review of the impacts of charging by 31 December 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Outcomes of the review are expected to be published in spring 2017.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 19/04/2016 09:14:44 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green