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747513

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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, if he will implement the recommendations in the Work and Pensions Select Committee report, Child Maintenance Service, HC587, published on 2 May 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	2574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the Work and Pensions Select Committee report and is carefully considering its recommendations. We will submit the Government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 05/07/2017 15:40:12 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

732972

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
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, with reference to the Answer of 10 March 2017 to Question 66119, on children: maintenance, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the 2016 consultation on child maintenance deduction orders against joint accounts; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	1360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Further to our answer dated 10 March 2017 to Question 66119 we have been working to progress our analysis of the consultation responses. We are now finalising our response which will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/06/2017 16:11:15 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

720812

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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, how many victims of domestic violence have been registered with the Child Maintenance Service in each year since that Service's creation; and how many of those people have paid fees to the Child Maintenance Service.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	70532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of applications which have fee exemptions for reasons of domestic violence are published on Table 3 of the Child Maintenance Service Experimental Statistics, which contains data up until November 2016. The publication can be accessed online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-nov-2016-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-nov-2016-experimental</a></p><p>Victims of domestic violence or abuse are exempt from the £20 application fee charged by the Child Maintenance Service. More information about this can be accessed online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261879/child-support-fees-domestic-violence-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/261879/child-support-fees-domestic-violence-guidance.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2017 14:59:46 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

720833

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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, how much the Child Maintenance Service received from the 20 per cent handling fee for calculated maintenance in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	70445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service received £5.6m from the 20 per cent handling fee for calculated maintenance in the financial year ended 31<sup>st</sup> March 2016, the last year for which figures are available.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2017 14:44:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

720834

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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, whether the Child Maintenance Service applies a 20 per cent handling fee to the arrears of paying parents.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	70412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>A 20 per cent charge applies to on-going maintenance liability where parents use the Collect and Pay service in the Child Maintenance Service. This charge remains payable if arrears are accrued. There are no collection charges for parents who use the Direct Pay service.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2017 14:33:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

720835

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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, how many parents used the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) to make payments in the last year; and how many parents resolved maintenance issues themselves after CMS support.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	70413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of case groups contributing towards their current liability with the Child Maintenance Service are published on Table 5 of the Child Maintenance Service Experimental Statistics, which contains data up until November 2016.The Publication can be accessed online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-nov-2016-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme-aug-2013-to-nov-2016-experimental</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A case group consists of all the cases associated with a paying parent. Note that the figures for casegroups contributing towards current liability are based on the assumption that paying parents on Direct Pay are fully contributing to current liability.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the number of parents, who resolved maintenance issues themselves after CMS support, is planned for release in the next CMS 2012 Scheme publication which will be available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-on-the-2012-statutory-child-maintenance-scheme</a></p><p> </p><p>The release date will be pre-announced in line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2017 14:48:56 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

720836

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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, how much the Child Maintenance Service received from receiving parents contributing a four per cent handling fee of the calculated maintenance in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Neil Gray
uin	70414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service received £1.1m from receiving parents contributing a four per cent handling fee of the calculated maintenance in the financial year ended 31<sup>st</sup> March 2016, the last year for which figures are available.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2017 14:41:11 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

720837

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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, if he will bring forward proposals to take into consideration pension deductions prior to calculating child maintenance payments.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	70403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service already takes account of a paying parent’s contribution towards an approved occupational or personal pension scheme.</p><p> </p><p>For paying parents in employment, this will usually happen automatically, since employers will have already offset contributions under PAYE arrangements. Where this does not happen, for example because the contributions are paid directly to a pension provider, the paying parent will be asked to tell the Child Maintenance Service how much they pay into their pension scheme.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2017 14:27:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

720838

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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, if he will bring forward proposals to change the child maintenance calculations from gross to net income.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	70404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service calculates maintenance liabilities as a percentage of gross weekly income. Using gross annual income data directly from HMRC enables maintenance calculations to be made more quickly and ensures that the income information is as accurate and up to date as possible. My Department has no plans to change the way that statutory maintenance liabilities are calculated</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/04/2017 14:37:20 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

712527

registered interest
date	20/03/2017
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, what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of fees in the Child Maintenance Service on collection rates of child maintenance.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	68507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>Evaluation and research on the effects of the introduction of fees and charges in the Child Maintenance Service was published in December 2016, in line with our statutory obligation. The Department expects to publish a Review Report in spring this year, including a summary of the key findings from the research and statistics.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 28/03/2017 15:08:15 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller