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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

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

937492

registered interest
date	09/07/2018
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 and what proportion of paying parents using the Child Maintenance Service are (a) in employment and (b) not in employment.
tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
uin	162128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The following table shows the volumes and proportions of paying parents on the Child Maintenance Service schemes in March 2018 that are employed, unemployed, or with an unknown employment status at the point of application.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Employment Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Employed</p></td><td><p>297,400</p></td><td><p>76.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unemployed</p></td><td><p>16,500</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>75,700</p></td><td><p>19.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 389,600 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 12/07/2018 14:51:56 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

935026

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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 claimants of child maintenance have been exempted from paying the application fee for Collect-and-Pay as a result of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
uin	161207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>Exemption from paying the application fee due to domestic abuse applies to the statutory scheme as a whole, and is applied to applications whether the parent requests Direct Pay or Collect &amp; Pay.</p><p> </p><p>The latest statistics on Application Fee Exemptions are published in Table 2 of the Child Maintenance Service: August 2013 to March 2018 (experimental) publication available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/07/2018 15:11:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

934206

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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, whether her Department is considering writing off arrears and debts to the claimant and to the public purse when transferring cases from the Child Support Agency to the Child Maintenance Service; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	160161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department recently consulted on a new Compliance and Arrears Strategy for the Child Maintenance Service. This contained proposals for new enforcement powers, alongside proposals for addressing the historic arrears that built up under the Child Support Agency. The consultation document can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/child-maintenance-a-new-compliance-and-arrears-strategy" target="_blank">here</a>. Our response to this consultation will be published in the near future.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/07/2018 11:38:08 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

932756

registered interest
date	29/06/2018
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 Maintenance claims are currently in dispute.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	158993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>We have interpreted dispute to refer to any situation where there is a disagreement between parents about the details of a child maintenance case which have an impact on the amount of child maintenance to be paid. As such, a dispute could refer to mandatory reconsiderations and/or appeals. Statistics on mandatory reconsiderations and appeals are published in tables 15 and 16 of the Child Maintenance Service: Aug 2013 to Mar 2018 (experimental) available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental</a></p><p>Information on current mandatory reconsiderations and appeals will be available in future publications, information up to the end of June 2018 is due to be published in September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The volume and percentage of mandatory reconsiderations cleared within 20 working days is also published in table 15 of the Child Maintenance Service Statistics.</p><p>On average in 2017/18, appeals were with the Child Maintenance Service for 42 days. Where the parent was not satisfied with the outcome from appeal to the Child Maintenance Service, the parent can submit an appeal to HM Courts &amp; Tribunal Service, who took on average 168 days to review an appeal.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 158995 question first answered 06/07/2018 11:15:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

932758

registered interest
date	29/06/2018
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 average time taken is to resolve a disputed case with the Child Maintenance Service in the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	158995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>We have interpreted dispute to refer to any situation where there is a disagreement between parents about the details of a child maintenance case which have an impact on the amount of child maintenance to be paid. As such, a dispute could refer to mandatory reconsiderations and/or appeals. Statistics on mandatory reconsiderations and appeals are published in tables 15 and 16 of the Child Maintenance Service: Aug 2013 to Mar 2018 (experimental) available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-mar-2018-experimental</a></p><p>Information on current mandatory reconsiderations and appeals will be available in future publications, information up to the end of June 2018 is due to be published in September 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The volume and percentage of mandatory reconsiderations cleared within 20 working days is also published in table 15 of the Child Maintenance Service Statistics.</p><p>On average in 2017/18, appeals were with the Child Maintenance Service for 42 days. Where the parent was not satisfied with the outcome from appeal to the Child Maintenance Service, the parent can submit an appeal to HM Courts &amp; Tribunal Service, who took on average 168 days to review an appeal.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 158993 question first answered 06/07/2018 11:15:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery