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942869

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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, how many Child Support Agency (a) arrears-only and (b) arrears cases involving a current liability for a child are open in Glasgow South West constituency.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	165080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>As at March 2018, there were 1,470 arrears only cases in the Glasgow South West constituency held by the Child Support Agency.</p><p> </p><p>As at March 2018, there were 20 arrears cases involving a current liability in the Glasgow South West constituency held by the Child Support Agency.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/07/2018 16:03:35 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

942870

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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, how many (a) parents with care and (b) non-resident parents with a Child Support Agency case there were in Glasgow South West constituency in the latest period for which figures were available.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	165081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>As at March 2018 there were 1500 parents with care with a Child Support Agency case in the Glasgow South West constituency.</p><p> </p><p>As at March 2018 there were 1460 non-resident parents with a Child Support Agency case in the Glasgow South West constituency.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/07/2018 16:03:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

943047

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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, with reference to the Child Maintenance Compliance and Arrears Strategy, published on 12 July 2018, what the time limit is for a parent setting up a payment method at the point of application before a Deduction from Earnings Order is set up.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	164825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>In general, where the Paying Parent responds to contact, we do not have a specific time limit in place for setting up a payment method, and timescales will vary depending on the individual circumstances at the point of application. We do, however, aim to have all payment methods in place as quickly as possible after the point of application and establish payment within 12 weeks. In the event a paying parent fails to respond to contact (both written and telephone) within 14 days, in order to start collection and avoid the build-up of arrears, we would check for employer details and, if possible, set up a DEO at this stage.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/07/2018 12:57:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

943048

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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, with reference to the Child Maintenance Compliance and Arrears Strategy, published on 12 July 2018, when the trial to refer low debt cases to external contractors under the Child Maintenance Service is planned to (a) commence and (b) end; and when she plans to report the findings from that trial.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	164826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We are working through a number of options to deliver this trial. We expect to be in a position to confirm the trial strategy by early Autumn. The results of any trial will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/07/2018 11:24:16 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

943066

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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, for what reasons her Department uses shared care bands when calculating reductions to child maintenance payments; and what her Department's rationale was in deciding what those bands should be.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	165064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Where there is shared care an adjustment may be made to the maintenance calculation to take account of the overnight care a paying parent is expected to have over a twelve month period.</p><p> </p><p>Bands are used to allow for simpler calculations and to reduce the need to consider small changes. Child maintenance is calculated at a weekly rate so the reduction is applied in ratios of sevenths to reflect how the number of nights per year relates to a weekly amount.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/07/2018 11:18:13 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

943068

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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, for what reasons her Department is mandating paying parents to continue paying maintenance under the Child Maintenance Service when they have shared care for their child for more than 50 per cent of the year.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	165065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>In most cases where care of a child is shared by parents, one parent tends to take a greater share of responsibility for that child. In such cases, it is right that the other parent remains financially liable for supporting their child, although the care they are providing will often result in a low maintenance liability.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Where there is equal day to day care, there will be no requirement to pay maintenance. This reflects the fact that, in these circumstances, both parents are meeting their obligations to their children equally, so there is no need for one to make additional payments of child maintenance.</p><p> </p><p>Parents may choose to make a family based arrangement that works for their individual circumstances without any Child Maintenance Service involvement.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/07/2018 11:20:45 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

938465

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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, if she will publish the interim results of the further survey commissioned by his Department on Direct Pay clients.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	163182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to publish any interim findings of the Direct Pay survey. The final report is due to be published in autumn 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 16/07/2018 11:54:45 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

938467

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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, with reference to the Child maintenance arrears and compliance strategy 2012-17, published in January 2013, whether she has plans to implement an annual review of arrears under the Child Maintenance Service.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Paul Masterton
uin	163184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>Our response to the recent consultation on a new Child Maintenance Compliance and Arrears strategy was published on 12 July and replaces the previous strategy. It can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/child-maintenance-a-new-compliance-and-arrears-strategy" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/child-maintenance-a-new-compliance-and-arrears-strategy</a></p><p> </p><p>The child maintenance client fund accounts are published on an annual basis and include details of the arrears position for both the Child Maintenance Service and the Child Support Agency. The latest client fund accounts can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-maintenance-client-funds-accounts" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-maintenance-client-funds-accounts</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 18/07/2018 09:10:06 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4625 label Biography information for Paul Masterton

938485

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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 total monthly receipts 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 and including April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	163063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The introduction of fees and on-going collection charges are designed to act as an incentive for parents to pause and consider the different options available to them for a child maintenance arrangement, rather than applying to the statutory Child Maintenance Service ‘by default’. Charges make a small contribution to a service that is heavily subsidised by the taxpayer.</p><p>Receipts in relation to the Child Maintenance Service 2012 scheme, from April 2016 to March 2017, are provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>Applications £000's</p></td><td><p>Paying Parent Charges £000's</p></td><td><p>Receiving Parent Charges £000's</p></td><td><p>Enforcement Charges £000's</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-16</p></td><td><p>158.7</p></td><td><p>682.1</p></td><td><p>131.4</p></td><td><p>16.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-16</p></td><td><p>134.0</p></td><td><p>667.0</p></td><td><p>130.0</p></td><td><p>19.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-16</p></td><td><p>151.9</p></td><td><p>790.7</p></td><td><p>152.7</p></td><td><p>21.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-16</p></td><td><p>139.3</p></td><td><p>793.3</p></td><td><p>154.1</p></td><td><p>24.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-16</p></td><td><p>132.2</p></td><td><p>753.9</p></td><td><p>145.7</p></td><td><p>18.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-16</p></td><td><p>161.7</p></td><td><p>886.6</p></td><td><p>171.6</p></td><td><p>22.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-16</p></td><td><p>163.4</p></td><td><p>884.2</p></td><td><p>170.7</p></td><td><p>20.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-16</p></td><td><p>161.1</p></td><td><p>870.8</p></td><td><p>168.5</p></td><td><p>17.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-16</p></td><td><p>105.0</p></td><td><p>1,001.6</p></td><td><p>192.9</p></td><td><p>25.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-17</p></td><td><p>175.0</p></td><td><p>1,003.7</p></td><td><p>193.0</p></td><td><p>24.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>151.9</p></td><td><p>995.0</p></td><td><p>191.5</p></td><td><p>26.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>165.4</p></td><td><p>1,165.1</p></td><td><p>223.7</p></td><td><p>31.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,799.4</p></td><td><p>10,493.8</p></td><td><p>2,025.7</p></td><td><p>267.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 19/07/2018 14:19:02 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

938487

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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 receipts to the public purse from Child Maintenance Service charges in each year from 2020-21 up to and including 2025/26.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	163064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>We are not able to provide details of estimates for receipts to the public purse from Child Maintenance Service charges for 2020-21 up to and including 2025-26, figures will comprise part of the Spending Review which has yet to be agreed.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/07/2018 09:51:20 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas