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1134238

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
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, for what reason the Child Maintenance Group has not used its powers to make an administrative liability order without the permission of a court; and if this will be considered.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	268611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The current process of applying for liability orders through the courts provides the right balance of operational efficiency and appropriate oversight. There are no plans to change this process at this time.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/06/2019 12:33:26 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1134239

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
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 money has been spent from the public purse on lodging liability orders through courts by (a) the Child Maintenance Service and (b) the Child Support Agency.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	268612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The information is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 27/06/2019 12:27:13 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1133846

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
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 paying parents using the collect and pay service have paid some child maintenance in each quarter of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	267757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The latest statistics on the number of paying parents and the proportion of those parents using the Collect &amp; Pay service, who have paid some child maintenance in each quarter in the last three years are published in Table 7 of the Child Maintenance Service Statistics: Paying Parents Compliance.</p><p>It is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-august-2013-to-december-2018-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-august-2013-to-december-2018-experimental</a></p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/06/2019 10:28:17 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1133877

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
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 parents were paying child maintenance using a deduction from earnings request under the child maintenance service in each quarter of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	267758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The number of Paying Parents who were paying child maintenance using a Deduction from Earnings request under the Child Maintenance Service in each quarter of the last three years are outlined in the tables below. These figures count all Paying Parents due to pay maintenance via Deduction from Earnings request, regardless of whether any maintenance had been paid in that quarter.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Calendar Year 2018</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Quarter ending</p></td><td><p><strong>March 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>June 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>September 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>December 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of paying parents with a Deduction from earnings request</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>590</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Calendar Year 2017</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Quarter ending</p></td><td><p><strong>March 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>June 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>September 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>December 2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of paying parents with a Deduction from earnings request</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Calendar Year 2016</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Quarter ending</p></td><td><p><strong>March 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>June 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>September 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>December 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of paying parents with a Deduction from earnings request</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>270</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/06/2019 10:42:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1133878

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
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 cases were in payment arrears for each quarter of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	267759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of Paying Parents who had outstanding unpaid child maintenance (which now needs to be collected through the Collect &amp; Pay service) at the end of the relevant month.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Paying Parents with CMS arrears</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-17</p></td><td><p>105,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-17</p></td><td><p>117,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>126,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>136,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-18</p></td><td><p>143,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-18*</p></td><td><p>148,200</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /><p>Please note the following points:</p><ul><li>A Paying Parent may be paying towards multiple child maintenance arrangements;</li><li>These figures do not consider unpaid child maintenance that was arranged by the Child Support Agency;</li><li>Paying Parents with any amount of unpaid maintenance which was arranged by the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) are considered as having arrears;</li><li>Figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Information prior to September 2017 is not readily available and to produce it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p>*Information for December 2018 is not readily available; November 2018 figures have been used instead.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/06/2019 15:48:29 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1133895

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
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	Personal Independence Payment: County Duram
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 20 June 2019 to Question 265490, what steps her Department is taking to (a) assess staff efficiency and (b) identify the adequacy of staffing levels to manage changes in mandatory reconsideration caseloads in the absence of data on staff levels.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	267733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>With reference to the previous question regarding PIP mandatory reconsideration work; for new claims and award reviews, these are managed at a national level to ensure that cases which have been outstanding for longest are actioned first. This means that a claimant could have their mandatory reconsideration considered at any of our 12 sites.</p><p>Operational Managers are in place at all of the sites to ensure that mandatory reconsiderations are processed as efficiently as possible.</p><p>The staffing for mandatory reconsiderations in PIP and across all benefits is currently adequate and is in constant review to ensure caseloads can be processed as efficiently as possible.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 26/06/2019 12:06:42 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1133920

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
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	Early Years Ministerial Group On Family Support
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the recommendations of the Inter Ministerial Group on early years family support have been agreed by her Department; and what further steps she has taken to improve early years family support.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	267744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The Early Years Family Support Ministerial Group is considering how the Government can improve the coordination and cost-effectiveness of early years (conception to age 2) family support and identify gaps in available provision. The group has now made recommendations to Secretaries of State.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 26/06/2019 10:14:35 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1133553

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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	Pension Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on promoting pension credit to people affected by the BBC's decision to end the provision of free TV licences to people aged over 75 years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	267239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The policy for the TV licence concession for those aged 75 and over is currently the responsibility of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport and will pass to the BBC in June 2020.</p><p>DWP officials are in discussion with DCMS officials regarding issues resulting from the BBC’s decision to end from June 2020 the free TV licence concession to those people aged 75 or over who are not receiving Pension Credit. The BBC has undertaken to write to all those who may be affected.</p><p>The Government remains committed to ensuring that older people receive the support they are entitled to using a wide range of channels to communicate information about benefits to potential customers; including information in leaflets and on <a href="https://gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://gov.uk/</a>. Potential customers can use the Pension Credit <a href="https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit-calculator" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit-calculator</a> to check if they are likely to be eligible and get an estimate of what they may receive. People wishing to claim Pension Credit can do so by calling 0800 99 1234.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/06/2019 14:19:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1133554

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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	Television Licences: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure people over the age of 75 are supported financially to afford the TV licence fee.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	267240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The policy for the TV licence concession for those aged 75 and over is currently the responsibility of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media &amp; Sport and will pass to the BBC in June 2020.</p><p>We are forecast to spend over £120 billion on benefits for pensioners in 2019-20, this includes over £99 billion of expenditure on the State Pension.</p><p>We are committed to the Triple Lock for the remainder of this Parliament, guaranteeing that up to the full amounts of the basic and new State Pensions will rise by the highest of average earnings growth, price inflation, or 2.5% and in 2019/20 the increase was 2.6%.</p><p>The full rate of the basic State Pension will be worth over £1,600 more in 2019/20 than in 2010 in cash terms - £675 more than if it had been increased only in line with earnings.</p><p>Pension Credit and Housing Benefit for pensioners provide support for poorer pensioners. From April 2019, the Standard Minimum Guarantee in Pension Credit has also been increased by earnings. This will be the equivalent of over £1,800 per year higher in cash terms for single people and over £2,700 per year higher in cash terms for couples than it was in 2010.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/06/2019 14:30:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1133560

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many pieces of unstructured white mail have been directed to the Derby contact centre to deal with since the creation of the team established to retrieve all such correspondence; and how many items of that mail are still awaiting redirection to the correct department in that centre.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	267244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>Unstructured White Mail is post that is received but does not have a prescribed structure, such as handwritten letters or non DWP forms.</p><p> </p><p>There is no centre to deal specifically with unstructured white mail. There is, however, a team in Derby Contact Centre which receives mail that cannot be attributed to a specific customer or benefit stream and their role is to identify the customer details and benefit stream so that the mail can then be scanned into the relevant systems. The Department does not keep records of volume.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 25/06/2019 16:10:39 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali