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850031

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date	26/02/2018
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 parents there are in the Child Maintenance Service collect and pay process; how many of those parents have arrears greater than (a) 12 weeks and (b) 6 months.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	129599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>As at the end of December 2017 there were 105,300 Paying Parents using the Collect &amp; Pay Service provided by the Child Maintenance Service. This figure is published quarterly in table 6 of the Child Maintenance Service experimental statistics data tables, which can be found here:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-maintenance-service-aug-2013-to-dec-2017-experimental</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The amount of maintenance unpaid by Paying Parents is reported in table 9 of our quarterly published statistics, and annually in the Child Maintenance Service Client Fund Accounts, which can be found here:</p><p> </p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/child-maintenance-client-funds-account-2016-to-2017</p><p> </p><p>Analysis of this unpaid maintenance by age is not currently available.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/03/2018 11:16:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

850032

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	South Africa: Politics and Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations his Department has made to the South African Government on attacks on farmers of European descent.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	129600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>​We are aware of and concerned about the issue of violent crime in South Africa, including in rural and isolated areas such as farms. Our High Commission in South Africa monitors the situation closely and is in contact with the South African law enforcement agencies regarding safety and security in the country. This includes incidents which have affected British nationals. The South African Government assures us that tackling crime in all its forms is a high priority.​</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 06/03/2018 13:38:09 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

834364

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
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	Universal Credit
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 her Department's test and learn approach to universal credit, what her Department has learned about universal credit during the January pause of its roll-out; and what changes her Department plans to make as a result that learning.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	125984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The Universal Credit Agile methodology means we continuously learn during rollout, listening to feedback from our staff, claimants and stakeholders, and building improvements into the system.</p><p>We release fortnightly updates of the Universal Credit IT build, with the latest release due on 14 February 2018. In addition to various technical fixes, this release will include the changes necessary to remove waiting days for all new claims made on or after 14 February, as announced in the 2017 Budget. It will also include improvements to the processes for referring claimants for Work Capability Assessments and for claimants to record their work search activity.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/02/2018 11:32:18 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr