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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/1167375", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167375/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
A response was sent to the Rt Hon. Member on Friday 1 November 2019.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4105", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Justin Tomlinson"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Swindon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Justin Tomlinson"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-11-04T17:14:15.577Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Members: Correspondence"} , "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, when her Department plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for Birkenhead on the disability living allowance award of his constituent Ella May Allinson.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Birkenhead"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Frank Field"} ], "uin" : "7639"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167386", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1167386/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
We set out our continued commitment to improving employment rates for disabled people and people with long-term health conditions in Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability. The goal is to see an increase in the number of disabled people in work from 3.5 million in Q1 2017 to 4.5 million in Q1 2027. In the first two years of the goal (Q1 2017 to Q1 2019), the number of disabled people in employment increased by 404,000. We welcome the continuing positive trends, and remain committed to unlocking the potential of all disabled people searching for work. We still have a significant way to go before achieving the goal.<\/p>
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No single measure can capture everything that we want to achieve and we will continue to monitor improvements in the employment rate gap and other measures alongside the goal.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4105", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Justin Tomlinson"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Swindon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Justin Tomlinson"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-11-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-11-04T13:42:46.237Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Employment: Disability"} , "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, with reference to the Written Statement of 5 March 2019, Health and Disability Announcement, HCWS1376, what progress her Department has made on undertaking a review of the commitment to get more disabled people into work.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/163", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "East Ham"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephen Timms"} ], "uin" : "7629"} , {"_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, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2019 to Question 316, whether the graphics used in the six-week long advertising campaign entitled, Universal Credit Uncovered, in The Metro were designed by (a) staff in her Department or (b) Associated Newspapers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "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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