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43874

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which organisations for deaf people his Department consulted before the Access to Work guidance on support workers was amended.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	192591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>There have been no recent amendments to Access to Work guidance on support workers. </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

43876

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent meetings he has had with representatives of the deaf community.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	192590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>I met representatives from the Deaf Community (Sir Malcolm Bruce MP, David Buxton British Deaf Association, Jim Edwards Signature and Susan Daniels National Deaf Children's Society) on 23 October 2013. As part of the continuing commitment from that meeting to consider Government services for deaf people, officials have recently met and have remained in contact with representatives of the deaf community, including BDA and Action on Hearing Loss. Action on Hearing Loss is a member of the Disability Charities Consortium who I met on 26 February 2014. <strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

46812

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the progress of the Child Support Agency in restarting committal proceedings since the end of the moratorium.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	195052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Following the initial review of its commitment to prison processes the Child Support Agency has continued to develop and evolve its processes and procedures, particularly in relation to the non-resident parent's ability to make payment.</p><p>As a result of increased focus on gaining payment compliance prior to considering commitment proceedings, the volume of commitment applications made remains lower than during the period preceding the moratorium.</p><p>The Agency is however continuing to make both new commitment applications and applications where the parent has defaulted on the terms of a commitment sentence where this seems the enforcement measure most likely to secure payment compliance.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

43919

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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
	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 advantages to deaf people of funding a team of interpreters through the Access to Work scheme rather than being assigned a single interpreter by their employer.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	192543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>We have not made any assessment of the advantages to deaf people of funding a team of interpreters through the Access to Work scheme. We appreciate that each situation is unique and may require a bespoke solution. </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

46813

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in how many cases the Child Support Agency has started committal proceedings in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	195053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Pursuant to my Written Answer on Monday 20 January 2014, Official Report, columns 42 - 43W, information on the number of cases in which the Child Support Agency has started committal proceedings is only readily available from 2010. The table below shows the number of cases where committal proceedings were started for each of the last three complete financial years and the current year to date:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Committal Proceedings Started</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2010 – March 2011</p></td><td><p>3270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2011 – March 2012</p></td><td><p>3560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2012 – March 2013</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013 – December 2013</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Following a Court Of Appeal decision in October 2012, a review of the Commitment to Prison process was carried out to ensure it complied with the terms of the judgement given in that case. Whilst doing so, applications for Commitment to Prison were not brought before the court. Procedures resumed from March 2013.</p><p>2) Data sourced from the Tallyman Informer system.</p><p>3) Data rounded to the nearest 10.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

43875

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how the maximum grants for funding support workers under the Access to Work scheme were determined.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	192589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>There is no maximum grant level set for the funding of support workers under the Access to Work programme. Our aim is to use the programme budget to assist the maximum possible number of disabled workers across all industry sectors. </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

521335

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2016
	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	Child Support Agency: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much expenditure was incurred by the Child Support Agency in making ex-gratia or special payments as a result of poor service or errors by that agency in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	38136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The information on the total amount paid as ex-gratia or special payments across child maintenance in the last three years is in the attached table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£'000s</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013 - 2014</p></td><td><p>£1,090</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014 - 2015</p></td><td><p>£847</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015 – 2016 *</p></td><td><p>£941</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes -</strong></p><p>These amounts include payments made across the Child Support Agency and Child Maintenance Service for the following:</p><p>Ex-gratia – Actual Financial Loss</p><p>Ex-gratia – Consolatory</p><p>Compensation for Delay</p><p> </p><p>*The figure for 2015/16 is draft and subject to audit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 01/06/2016 12:28:18 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

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

457785

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2016
	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	Disability Living Allowance: Continuing Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of disability living allowance claimants have received an NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment to date.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	29799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>Information on whether claimants of Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment have received an NHS Continuing Healthcare assessment is not centrally recorded and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 29802 question first answered 08/03/2016 15:20:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

626716

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	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	Employment: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to make sure that British Sign Language users are made aware that the two-ticks scheme is being transferred to Disability Confident.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	51335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2016 answer text <p>Disability Confident is a pan-disability scheme that has been designed and developed by disabled people, disability organisations and employers. The scheme provides employers with the tools they need to recruit, retain and develop disabled employees. Embedded within the scheme are links to useful videos, information and a range of guidance.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme went live in a test and learn phase in July and was formally launched on 2nd November 2016 at the Recruitment Employment Confederation in London, with press releases and promotion through mainstream media, social media, Jobcentre Plus, disability organisations, and Disabled People's User Led Organisations. Further promotion of the scheme is being planned, including material in BSL.</p><p> </p><p>The aim of the scheme is to reach the widest possible number of employers, covering all sizes and sectors. This includes employers from the construction industry, a number of whom have already signed up. Officials from my Department have worked with representatives from the Construction Industry Council (CIC) to help the construction industry become Disability Confident.</p><p> </p><p>The Disability Confident scheme contains embedded links to information for employers about supporting staff with hearing loss, including references to Access to Work. The Access to Work scheme can assist where disabled people need support above and beyond employer-provided reasonable adjustments. Access to Work features specialist teams who provide a dedicated service to particular groups of customers, including deaf customers. The Government has committed to supporting an additional 25,000 people through Access to Work by 2021.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 51336 51382 question first answered 09/11/2016 15:59:33 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller