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49247

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	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, with reference to the letter dated 5 March 2014 from the Minister of State for Pensions to the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make national insurance credits available for past periods for service spouses; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	197415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Subject to Royal Assent of the Pensions Bill a duty will be placed on the Secretary of State to make regulations to allow service spouses and civil partners, due to reach State Pension age from 6 April 2016, to apply for National Insurance credits for periods during which they accompanied their husband, wife or civil partner on a posting outside the UK. The regulations will make provision to allow credits for periods between 1975/76 and 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Ministry of Defence on the finer details of the scheme including the manner in which applications will need to be made and the precise date when the administrative arrangements will be in place.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that up to 20,000 individuals could have a higher single-tier pension from these credits as some individuals may, at state pension age, already have sufficient qualifying years to gain a full single-tier pension.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 197416 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

49248

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	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, with reference to the letter dated 5 March 2014 from the Minister of State for Pensions to the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth, what estimate he has made of the number of service spouses who will be affected by his plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make national insurance credits available for past periods for service spouses.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	197416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Subject to Royal Assent of the Pensions Bill a duty will be placed on the Secretary of State to make regulations to allow service spouses and civil partners, due to reach State Pension age from 6 April 2016, to apply for National Insurance credits for periods during which they accompanied their husband, wife or civil partner on a posting outside the UK. The regulations will make provision to allow credits for periods between 1975/76 and 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Ministry of Defence on the finer details of the scheme including the manner in which applications will need to be made and the precise date when the administrative arrangements will be in place.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that up to 20,000 individuals could have a higher single-tier pension from these credits as some individuals may, at state pension age, already have sufficient qualifying years to gain a full single-tier pension.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 197415 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

516364

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	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	ASW: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department last met representatives of former members of the Allied Steel and Wire pension scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	35947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>All Ministerial meetings with external parties are recorded on the Cabinet Office website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/05/2016 13:23:09 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

692660

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	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	ASW: Pensions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when (a) he and (b) Ministers of his Department last met representatives of Allied Steel and Wire pension scheme members.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	64781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>No meetings have taken place in this parliament between the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, or his Ministers and representatives of Allied Steel and Wire pension scheme members.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 24/02/2017 12:58:16 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

516367

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	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	ASW: Pensions
	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 value was of payments made under the Financial Assistance Scheme to former members of Allied Steel and Wire pension scheme in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	35948
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 04/05/2016 13:35:16 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

1367481

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	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	ASW: 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 she has made of the real-terms change in the value of pension payments that were not index linked for Allied Steel and Wire pensioners under the FAS in each of the last five years as a result of inflation.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	72461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made by the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/11/2021 13:06:22 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

420361

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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: Fraud
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he has issued to the Child Support Agency on reporting allegations of fraudulent tax claims to HM Revenue and Customs.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	11112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>For any suspected issues of fraud, including those relating to HM Revenue and Customs, the Child Support Agency’s Online Business Procedures (OLBPs) advise caseworkers to complete a referral on the Fraud Referral and Intervention Management System (FRAIMS), which is a single, nationally networked IT system.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/10/2015 15:28:00 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

420359

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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 recent assessment he has made of Child Support Agency enforcement rates for payment of child maintenance.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	11114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The latest published figures show 88% of cases on the 1993 and 2003 schemes and 88% of case groups on the 2012 scheme contributing towards their current maintenance liability.</p><p>Where a non-resident parent fails to meet their liabilities, the Child Support Agency has a range of enforcement powers. For example, child maintenance can be taken directly from bank accounts and wages; and the Government has also introduced a new power to disclose non-compliance to credit reference agencies.</p><p>The total number of enforcement actions taken by the Agency can be found on page 41 of the Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics June 2015 available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-statistics--2</a>.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/10/2015 15:36:17 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

420362

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	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 liability orders issued by the Child Support Agency (CSA) for the non-payment of child maintenance resulted in (a) bailiffs acting on the CSA's behalf, (b) a county court third-party debt order, (c) an order of disqualification and (d) a warrant of commitment.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	11113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>The Department records statistics on the number of instances of different types of enforcement actions and publishes these in the Quarterly Summary Statistics. This information is set out on Page 41 of the Child Support Agency quarterly summary of statistics which can be accessed online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-june-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-support-agency-quarterly-summary-of-statistics-june-2015</a>.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Note:</p><p>A County Court third-party debt order was the enforcement action used prior to the introduction of Regular and Lump Sum Deduction Orders.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 14/10/2015 15:32:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

637223

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	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	Department for Work and Pensions: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on advertising in each of the last six years in (a) The Sun, (b) The Sunday Times, (c) The Mail on Sunday, (d) The Times, (e) The Sun on Sunday, (f) The Huffington Post, (g) Mail Online, (h) Daily Mail, (i) The Guardian and (j) Trinity Mirror.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	53153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>This information is not centrally recorded and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 18/11/2016 09:42:00 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty