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228668

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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 six months' notice warning letters of case closure have been sent to Child Support Agency customers in each month since December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	228425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of six months’ notice warning letters of case closure, that have been issued since December 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Notifications Issued in Month</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>59,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>50,600</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Figure rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p>The figures are made up from cases proactively selected for case closure, and those where an application has been made to the 2012 scheme and a case exists on the 93/03 scheme which is then reactively closed down.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/03/2015 09:06:11 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

225940

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
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 much child maintenance arrears (a) is designated technically uncollectable and (b) his Department has already written-off as uncollectable since the write-off powers were introduced in November 2012; and what the reasons are for any difference between the two such figures.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	226650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>(a) Information on uncollectable arrears can be found on page 41 of the latest Child Support Agency Quarterly Summary of Statistics, available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/404296/csa-qtr-summ-stats-dec-2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/404296/csa-qtr-summ-stats-dec-2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>(b) Under the Write Off and Part Payment Powers introduced on 10 December 2012 the Department has written off £1.2 million in the financial year 2012/13 and £16.0 million in the financial year 2013/14 giving a total written off of £17.2 million.</p><p> </p><p>The two figures are not directly comparable. The data is based on different sources, uncollectable arrears is based on the entire caseload whereas the amount written off relates to specific cases where agreement to write off has been reached.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 12/03/2015 14:08:17 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

224916

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in London claimed (a) £250 per week for a one bedroom, (b) £290 per week for a two bedroom property, (c) £340 per week for a three bedroom property and (d) £400 per week for a four bedroom property in housing benefit in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	226221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested in respect of all housing benefit claimants is not available. The Department does collect some information on the number of entitled bedrooms in respect of the Local Housing Allowance only. We are therefore unable to answer these questions which relate to all housing benefit claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The information available is for local housing allowance (LHA) cases by the number of entitled bedrooms and weekly award amount bands.</p><p> </p><p>This information is published and available at:</p><p><a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Stat-Xplore_User_Guide.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb grouped question UIN 226222 question first answered 06/03/2015 10:17:08 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

223069

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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 proportion of the child maintenance arrears owed in respect of Child Support Agency cases where a child could still benefit is owed by a parent who is self-employed or a director of a private company.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	224863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As at December 2014, 12.4%<sup>1</sup> of the amount of arrears where there is a qualifying child remaining on the case is owed by non resident parents who are self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the job title of non-resident parents is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>1. Data sourced from CSCS and CS2 computer systems. Employment status is not available for cases managed off system.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 02/03/2015 13:07:29 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

223070

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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 proportion of Child Support Agency cases with a child who could benefit are known to concern a non-resident parent who is self-employed or a director of a private company.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	224864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As at December 2014, of the live cases where there is a qualifying child remaining on the case, 8.5%<sup>1</sup> are in relation to a non resident parent who is self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the job title of non-resident parents is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>1. Data sourced from CSCS and CS2 computer systems. Employment status is not available for cases managed off system.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 02/03/2015 13:12:19 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

223072

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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 much of the Child Support Agency arrears owed in respect of a child who could still benefit are regarded as (a) temporarily and (b) permanently collectable.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	224866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As at December 2014, the amount of arrears where there is a qualifying child remaining on the case that is (a) temporarily<sup>1</sup> and (b) permanently<sup>2</sup> uncollectable is £4.8 million and £10.3 million respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. We have interpreted temporarily uncollectable as arrears on cases where the case is under surveillance, we are unable to trace the NRP, the NRP is abroad or the debt is suspended.</p><p>2. We have interpreted permanently uncollectable as arrears on cases where the non-resident parent or parent with care is deceased, where the arrears are deferred or where the arrears are classed as Interim Maintenance Assessment Gap (money that cannot be collected due to it not being covered by legislation).</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 02/03/2015 13:31:42 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

223073

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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 (a) number and (b) proportion of Child Support Agency cases are known to concern a non-resident parent who is (i) self-employed and (ii) a director of a private company.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	224867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As at December 2014, there were 102,300<sup>1</sup> (7.5%) live cases where the non resident parent was self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the job title of non-resident parents is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>1. Data sourced from CSCS and CS2 computer systems. Employment status is not available for cases managed off system.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 02/03/2015 13:01:59 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

223074

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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, in what proportion of Child Support Agency arrears cases where there is a child who could still benefit are there arrears which have been (a) temporarily and (b) permanently suspended.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	224868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As of December 2014 approximately 36%<sup>1</sup> of cases with arrears where there is a qualifying child remaining on the case contained an amount of suspended arrears.</p><p> </p><p>Information regarding arrears that have been temporarily or permanently suspended is not readily available and has not previously been published as official statistics. We will consider whether it is feasible to produce the statistics requested within the disproportionate cost limit, and if so, will issue them in an official statistics release in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Management information on suspended debt is not available for off system cases, therefore the proportion of suspended arrears has been calculated using CS2 and CSCS cases only.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 02/03/2015 13:36:36 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

228665

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
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 Child Support Agency cases are being dealt with by the legal enforcement section of that Agency.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	228464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As of the end of November 2014 17,100 cases were being dealt with by the legal enforcement section of the Child Support Agency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Figure rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 24/03/2015 09:14:23 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

178226

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
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	Housing Benefit: Young People
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 housing benefit are 18 to 21 years old; and how much his Department spent in each of the last three years on housing benefit for 18 to 21 year olds.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	223553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>At August 2014, the latest period for which data is available, there were 115,935 Housing Benefit claimants aged 18 to 21.</p><p> </p><p>Expenditure information is in the table below.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Housing Benefit expenditure for 18 to 21 year olds, £millions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nominal terms</p></td><td><p>Real terms, 2014/15 prices</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>776</p></td><td><p>818</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>778</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>698</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Source: Single Housing Benefit Extract and Local Authority subsidy returns.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1. Benefit expenditure is available for financial years only.</p><p>2. Figures at 2014/15 prices are deflated using GDP deflators published following the 2014 Autumn Statement at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383988/GDP_Deflators_Autumn_Statement_December_2014_update.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/383988/GDP_Deflators_Autumn_Statement_December_2014_update.xls</a></p><p>3. Information on the number of Housing Benefit claimants is published on Stat-Xplore at <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 10/02/2015 14:03:09 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman