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519885

registered interest
date	20/05/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures are in place to ensure that when a receiving parent has been advised by the Child Maintenance Service to contact HM Revenue and Customs to report possible tax evasion by a paying parent that possible evasion is investigated to ensure levels of child maintenance reflects full income.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	37747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) works closely with the Child Maintenance Service as well as other Government Departments to ensure that all allegations of tax evasion from members of the public are assessed, dealt with appropriately and a decision made on the most appropriate course of action.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC values the information they receive from the public and business community. Clamping down on those who try to cheat the system through evading taxes and over claiming benefits is a key priority for the Government and we are committed to ensuring the tax system operates fairly and efficiently.</p><p> </p><p>Any information received is passed on to HMRC’s Enforcement and Compliance teams. This can result in recovery of funds, education to help support compliance civil or criminal action depending on the severity of the evasion.</p><p> </p><p>More serious cases can result in prosecution action by HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 37748 question first answered 26/05/2016 13:21:48 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

519886

registered interest
date	20/05/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will establish an investigation unit within HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to deal with cases in which the receiving parent has been advised by the Child Maintenance Service to contact HMRC to report possible tax evasion by the paying parent.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	37748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) works closely with the Child Maintenance Service as well as other Government Departments to ensure that all allegations of tax evasion from members of the public are assessed, dealt with appropriately and a decision made on the most appropriate course of action.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC values the information they receive from the public and business community. Clamping down on those who try to cheat the system through evading taxes and over claiming benefits is a key priority for the Government and we are committed to ensuring the tax system operates fairly and efficiently.</p><p> </p><p>Any information received is passed on to HMRC’s Enforcement and Compliance teams. This can result in recovery of funds, education to help support compliance civil or criminal action depending on the severity of the evasion.</p><p> </p><p>More serious cases can result in prosecution action by HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 37747 question first answered 26/05/2016 13:21:48 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

519776

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
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 Child Support Agency scheme arrears were being dealt with by the child maintenance service at 31 March 2016; and how many cases those arrears relate to.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	37683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2016 the total amount of 1993 and 2003 Child Support Agency scheme arrears held on the 2012 system and currently being handled by the Child Maintenance Service stood at £153.3 million. Figures for 31 March 2016 are draft and subject to audit.</p><p> </p><p>Information on related case groups and break downs by scheme are not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We have at our disposal a range of strong enforcement powers, intended to ensure as many parents as possible fulfil their financial responsibilities towards their children. We are using all of the powers available to us where it is appropriate to do so. These include deducting maintenance directly from earnings, deduction directly from bank accounts, instructing bailiffs to collect arrears or seize goods, forcing the sale of property, commitment to prison and disqualification from driving.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/05/2016 15:53:13 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

519778

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
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 former Child Support Agency (CSA) clients whose liability ended due to the CSA case closure process have been sent a notice of the validated child maintenance arrears balance in each month between January and March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	37682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Arrears letters sent to the Parents with Care (PWC) as part of the case closure process in each month from January 2016 until March 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Arrears Letters sent to PWC </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,110</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>27,480</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,830</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Figures rounded to the nearest 10</li></ol><p> </p><p>We have at our disposal a range of strong enforcement powers, intended to ensure as many parents as possible fulfil their financial responsibilities towards their children. We are using all of the powers available to us where it is appropriate to do so. These include deducting maintenance directly from earnings, deduction directly from bank accounts, instructing bailiffs to collect arrears or seize goods, forcing the sale of property, commitment to prison and disqualification from driving.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/05/2016 15:52:34 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

519779

registered interest
date	19/05/2016
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 closed Child Support Agency cases with child maintenance arrears have been referred for arrears (a) cleansing and (b) validation between January and March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	37681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>(a) The table below shows the number of cases referred for arrears cleansing in each month from January 2016 until March 2016.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jan-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feb-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Mar-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of cases referred for arrears cleansing </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,720</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>38,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>29,820</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Figures rounded to the nearest 10.</li></ol><p>(b) There is no set separate validation procedure; it forms part of the cleansing process.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 24/05/2016 16:03:21 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

519390

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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, with reference to the Answer of 8 December 2015 to Question 17583, on child maintenance, for what reason there is a difference between the estimated costs of (a) caseworker activity to review and update Child Support Agency (CSA) arrears and (b) establishing arrears on the CMS system set out in paragraph 93 of the Department's final impact assessment on CSA case closure, dated 10 April 2013, and those supplied in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	37474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2016 answer text <p>The estimates given in the answer to question 17583 differ from the figures in the Impact Assessment (£123m) because:</p><p> </p><p>i. The actual caseload has been slightly smaller than was forecast at the time of the Impact Assessment and</p><p>ii. There has been improved analysis of the effort required to close cases, informed by the actual experience of closing cases.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 27/05/2016 14:03:55 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

515465

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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, what mechanisms his Department has put in place for redress and backdated payments to the parent with care in the event that it is found that the non-resident parent (a) provided false information about their income and (b) failed to inform the relevant body of an increase in their income under (i) the Child Support Agency scheme and (ii) the Child Maintenance Service scheme; and what the timescales are for such redress or payments.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	35379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>All three statutory maintenance schemes allow the Secretary of State to revise any maintenance liability decision found to be incorrect as a result of misrepresentation by either parent. There is no timescale within which the misrepresentation must be discovered, before a revision may be completed.</p><p> </p><p>Under the 2012 scheme, in the first instance maintenance is assessed using historic income information from HMRC. Annual reviews are carried out using HMRC income data and liabilities are adjusted accordingly. Over the lifetime of a case changes to income should therefore be reflected appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>Where an individual is assessed on current income, they are obliged to inform the Child Maintenance Service of any increase to their income of 25% or over. If they fail to do so and the Child Maintenance Service subsequently becomes aware of an increase in their income, the Secretary of State may still calculate a new assessment, taking effect at the point the income increased.</p><p> </p><p>Any arrears that result from such “retrospective” action will nonetheless be due and CMS will take enforcement action if the Paying Parent does not arrange to pay them themselves. The CMS has a comprehensive range of enforcement actions at its disposal, to help ensure that parents fulfil their obligations.</p><p> </p><p>All maintenance liability decisions carry an underlying right of appeal to an independent Tribunal.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 04/05/2016 14:37:00 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

514824

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
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 many Segment 2 non-compliant cases have been fully closed on the CSA 1993/2003 systems.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	35024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>The first in a series of quarterly publications regarding Child Support Agency Case closure are scheduled to be published on the 11<sup>th</sup> May 2016.</p><p>This publication will include the number of segment 2 cases that have been fully closed up to December 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 27/04/2016 09:15:15 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel previous answer version 57676 answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

514145

registered interest
date	19/04/2016
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, what his policy is on a person providing child maintenance having their payments regarded for the purpose of an income assessment for means-tested benefit.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	34535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>A person who is providing child maintenance does not have their payments disregarded for the purpose of an income assessment, in a means-tested benefit, as this would amount to the tax payer meeting a person’s liabilities.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 27/04/2016 09:11:44 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

512693

registered interest
date	13/04/2016
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 Child Support Agency schemes arrears as at 31 March 2016 are being handled by the Child Maintenance Service; and how many cases those arrears relate to.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	33765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Figures for 31 March 2016 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 18/04/2016 14:10:53 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe