All clients, regardless of their role within the scheme, have the right to request a decision be reconsidered by the Child Maintenance Service (CMS). Mandatory reconsideration rights only apply to decisions relating to child maintenance liability. The standard timescale in which a revision may be requested is within 30 days of the date of notification of the decision. Our policy is that a mandatory reconsideration will only happen once in respect of any particular decision, after which a client accrues the right to appeal to an independent tribunal.<\/p>
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If a client requests a mandatory reconsideration, their child maintenance liability will remain in place as usual until a decision is made. Where a mandatory reconsideration or appeal is ongoing, the Service will continue to attempt collection of any debt that is not covered by the appeal. The CMS may make a decision to suspend enforcement action on debt which is subject to an appeal, as this may result in reimbursement for the amount collected.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4513", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mims Davies"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Eastleigh"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mims Davies"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-11-04T16:35:59.973Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-31", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Children: Maintenance"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that non-maintenance-paying parents do not request mandatory reconsiderations from the Child Maintenance Service to continue to avoid making payments.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4048", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Caroline Nokes"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Romsey and Southampton North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Caroline Nokes"} ], "uin" : "8253"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167461", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167461/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to PQ 4936 in which I give details, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), of the number of people whose usual weekly hours are less than six hours, and between 6 and 15 hours. Details are not available for the number of people working less than 16 hours who wanted to work more in each of the last 10 years.<\/p>
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ONS does publish some related data: 1) the number of people in employment who want to work more hours, are available for work and are currently working below the hours threshold (40 hours a week for those under 18, 48 hours a week for those aged 18 or over), and 2) people working part-time who gave the reason as \u201ccould not find full-time job\u201d as reason for working part-time. The tables below give extracts from the ONS published data, however, both these data series will include both those working less than, and more than, 16 hours a week.<\/p>
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Table 1: The number of people in employment who want to work more hours, are available for work and are currently working below the hours threshold<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Date<\/p><\/td> Level<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2010<\/p><\/td> 2,754<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2011<\/p><\/td> 2,841<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2012<\/p><\/td> 3,061<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2013<\/p><\/td> 3,090<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2014<\/p><\/td> 2,977<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2015<\/p><\/td> 2,786<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2016<\/p><\/td> 2,601<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2017<\/p><\/td> 2,460<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2018<\/p><\/td> 2,390<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2019<\/p><\/td> 2,479<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: Table EMP16, ONS, Labour Force Survey<\/p> <\/p> Table 2: Part-time workers who gave the reason as \u201ccould not find full-time job\u201d as reason for working part-time<\/strong><\/p> Date<\/p><\/td> Level<\/p><\/td> % of all Part Time Employed<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2010<\/p><\/td> 1,084<\/p><\/td> 14.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2011<\/p><\/td> 1,275<\/p><\/td> 16.2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2012<\/p><\/td> 1,438<\/p><\/td> 17.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2013<\/p><\/td> 1,467<\/p><\/td> 18.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2014<\/p><\/td> 1,347<\/p><\/td> 16.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2015<\/p><\/td> 1,285<\/p><\/td> 15.7<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2016<\/p><\/td> 1,149<\/p><\/td> 13.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2017<\/p><\/td> 1,019<\/p><\/td> 12.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2018<\/p><\/td> 968<\/p><\/td> 11.5<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Apr-Jun 2019<\/p><\/td> 907<\/p><\/td> 10.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Source: Table EMP01NSA, ONS, Labour Force Survey<\/p> <\/p> At UK level people in full-time work have made up over three quarters of the overall increase in employment since 2010.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of people working less than 16 hours who wanted to work more in each of the last 10 years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167508", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167098", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167098/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Hardship payments provide financial protection for claimants whose benefit is reduced by a Fraud Loss of Benefit penalty or a Benefit Sanction.<\/p> <\/p> For a) and b), the information requested is not readily available at a country or constituency level and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.<\/p> <\/p> For c) the requested data is provided for Great Britain in the following two tables for Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) and Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) respectively. Please note, figures supplied are derived from data which has not been quality assured to Official Statistics publication standard. These results can change retrospectively as further information is received. They should therefore be treated with caution. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.<\/p> <\/p> JSA - Number of hardship payments awarded as a result of a sanction<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015<\/p><\/td> 2016<\/p><\/td> 2017<\/p><\/td> 2018<\/p><\/td> 2019 (year to Aug 19)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 120,000<\/p><\/td> 58,000<\/p><\/td> 29,000<\/p><\/td> 10,000<\/p><\/td> Fewer than 1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> ESA - Number of hardship payments awarded as a result of a sanction<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015<\/p><\/td> 2016<\/p><\/td> 2017<\/p><\/td> 2018<\/p><\/td> 2019 (year to Aug 19)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 4,000<\/p><\/td> 2,000<\/p><\/td> 1,000<\/p><\/td> Fewer than 1,000<\/p><\/td> Fewer than 1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> For Universal Credit, the data cannot be disaggregated to identify the hardship payments that have been directly attributed to the application of a benefit sanction from those resulting from a fraud penalty.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of hardship payments made by her Department which have been directly attributed to the imposition of benefit sanctions in (a) Vale of Clwyd parliamentary constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the UK in each of the last four years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1166631/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Statistics on the Work Programme, including information on starts, referrals and job outcomes is published and available here:<\/p> <\/p>