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416327

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	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	Vetting: Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his Department's policy to fund Standard disclosure and barring checks (DBS) for jobseekers' allowance claimants who have received a job offer conditional on obtaining a DBS certificate.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	8763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Jobcentre Plus local offices can already use the Flexible Support Fund for DBS checks if they think this is appropriate on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 09/09/2015 15:16:42 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

428242

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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 non-compliant cases the Child Support Agency has closed under its 1993 and 2003 statutory schemes' closing process.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	16300
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>As at October 2015, 110 non-compliant cases have been closed as part of the CSA case closure programme.</p><br /><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figure rounded to the nearest 10.</li><li>The figure is the number of cases that have closed in Segment 2 (the designated segment for non-compliant cases) as a result of being proactively selected for case closure.</li><li>Individual cases can change circumstances over time. As it is the circumstances of the case that determine which segment it will be closed in, the volumes of cases in individual segments change over time, therefore figures may be subject to change.</li><li>Closures are cases which have been fully closed on the CSA 1993/2003 Systems having undergone any arrears cleanse activity after liability ending.</li></ol><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/11/2015 14:57:15 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

428243

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2015
	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 outstanding cases handled by the Child Support Agency were classed as non-compliant before the implementation of the 1993 and 2003 statutory schemes' closure process.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	16301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>Proactive Case Closure of 1993 and 2003 Scheme cases began on 30 June 2014. As at June 2014, 14% of cases with a current liability were non-compliant i.e. paying nothing.</p><br /><p>The Department records statistics on the compliance status of 1993/2003 Scheme cases and publishes these in the Quarterly Summary of Statistics. This information is set out on Page 51 of the 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> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 23/11/2015 15:33:04 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

447820

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2016
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answers of 23 November 2015 to Questions 16300 and 16301, what proportion of cases with a current liability the 110 non-compliant cases that have been closed as part of the CSA case closure programme represent.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	24142
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>The 110 non-complaint cases represent 0.02% of the cases with a current liability as at the quarter ending September 2015.</p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>The percentage figure is rounded to 2 decimal places.</li><li>Cases include those paying via Collection Service and Maintenance Direct.</li><li>The non-compliant case figure was at October 2015.</li><li>The percentage figure is of the number of cases with a current liability as at September 2015 (574,400).</li></ol><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 29/01/2016 09:48:38 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

450291

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	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	Unemployment: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds on the correlation between the reduction in the rate of unemployment in the West Midlands between 2010 and 2016 and any trend in the number of people employed on zero-hour contracts in that region.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	25638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>Figures published by ONS show that rising employment in the West Midlands since 2010 – reflected in falling unemployment – has been dominated by more people in full-time and permanent jobs.</p><p>Information on trends in zero-hours contracts over this period is not available on a consistent basis. This reflects the view of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that responses to questions about zero-hours contracts in the Labour Force Survey are likely to have been affected by greater awareness of the term itself.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 08/02/2016 16:23:01 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

453414

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 24142, how much is owed in child maintenance arrears by non-resident parents whose CSA liability has ended as a result of the proactive or reactive CSA case closure process.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	27439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested on case closure arrears is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 27440 question first answered 29/02/2016 15:32:05 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

453415

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 24142, how many current CSA cases where there are existing child maintenance arrears have been subject to proactive or reactive case closure.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	27440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested on case closure arrears is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 27439 question first answered 29/02/2016 15:32:05 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

453416

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 24142, what the average length of time per case has been that his Department has taken to complete the child maintenance arrears cleansing or validation process following the ending of liability on a CSA case in the current year.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	27437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The Information requested is not routinely recorded for management information purposes and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 29/02/2016 14:29:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

453417

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 24142, how many closed CSA cases with child maintenance arrears have been referred for arrears cleansing or validation in each month since 1 April 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	27438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of cases referred for arrears cleansing in each month since April 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec-2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of cases referred for arrears cleansing </strong></p></td><td><p>32,640</p></td><td><p>33,740</p></td><td><p>27,320</p></td><td><p>33,450</p></td><td><p>33,450</p></td><td><p>31,890</p></td><td><p>33,600</p></td><td><p>7,630</p></td><td><p>21,660</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Figures rounded to nearest 10.</li></ol> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 29/02/2016 14:47:05 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

453418

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2016
	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	Children: Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 24142, how many former CSA clients whose liability ended as part of the Department's CSA case closure process arrears have been sent a notice setting out the validated child maintenance arrears balance on their former CSA case in each month since 1 April 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	27436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Arrears letters sent to the Parents with Care (PWC) as part of the case closure process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Apr-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>May-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jun-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Jul-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Aug-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sep-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec-2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Arrears Letters sent to PWC </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 6,580 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 15,930 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 7,530 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 7,330 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 16,220 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 17,370 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 19,330 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 19,380 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 13,010 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>Figures rounded to the nearest 10</li></ol> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 29/02/2016 15:38:51 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe