There is no set minimum level Universal Credit award for a claimant to retain. A claimant\u2019s award will reflect their individual circumstances, topping up any earnings or other income that they may have, so their Universal Credit might just constitute a small proportion of their total income. Deductions from the award are calculated in relation to the Universal Credit standard allowance and the maximum rate of deductions cannot normally exceed 40 per cent of the Universal Credit standard allowance. From October 2019 this will be reduced to 30 per cent.<\/p>
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The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) replaced the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission in 2012 and brought significant reforms to the Child Maintenance system in Great Britain. Child Maintenance in Northern Ireland is a devolved issue, although they run a broadly similar scheme. Any questions should be directed to the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland.<\/p>
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We support separated parents to make their own family based arrangements wherever possible. This allows families to create flexible arrangements that work for their individual circumstances and, where parents are able to work together, this can be better for their children. Where this is not possible, the CMS offers an effective and efficient statutory scheme for those parents who really need it.<\/p>
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Under the statutory scheme, where paying parents fail to pay on time and in full, we aim to take immediate action to recover the debt and re-establish compliance. Where compliance is not achieved we are committed to using our wide ranging enforcement powers proportionally, and in the best interests of children and separated families.<\/p>
"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4423", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Will Quince"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Colchester"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Will Quince"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-06-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-06-24T16:42:19.487Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-06-19", "_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 the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission is taking to retrieve money owed by absent parents.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4131", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jim Shannon"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Strangford"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jim Shannon"} ], "uin" : "266704"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1133144", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1133144/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "Statistics on the average clearance time for Mandatory Reconsiderations (MR) for Personal Independence Payment are found in Table 7C, \u2018MR Clearance Time (median calendar days), Normal Rules, by month of clearance\u2019 of the quarterly statistical publication \u2018Personal Independence Payment: April 2013 to April 2019\u2019 published by the Department for Work and Pensions and available here:<\/p>
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Benefit<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Amount Recovered<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Attendance Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Administrative Penalty<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £537,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bereavement Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £3,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Carers Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,541,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Civil Penalties <\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,090,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Disability Living Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £281,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Disability Working Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Less than £1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Employment & Support Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £2,988,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Family Credit<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Housing Benefit<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £11,198,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Incapacity Benefit<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £368,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Income Support<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £8,479,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Invalidity Benefit<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Less than £1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Jobseeker's Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £3,987,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Maternity Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £13,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Non-Contributory Retirement Pension<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Less than £1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> New State Pension<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Less than £1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Pension Credit<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £11,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Personal Independence Payment<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £64,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Retirement Pension: Contributory<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £2,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sickness Benefit<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Severe Disablement Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £12,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Social Fund Loan<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £27,014,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Social Fund Overpayment<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £239,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Non - Universal Credit short term advances<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,546,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Tax Credit Overpayment<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £94,722,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Widow's Benefit<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £70,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Widowed Mother's Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Less than £1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Widows Pension<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Widowed Parent's Allowance<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £3,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Christmas Bonus<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Other<\/strong><\/p><\/td> £3,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> The Department works hard to prevent potential benefit overpayments from occurring. Internal and external data matches are increasingly helping inform benefit payments and alerting staff to check for any undeclared changes in people\u2019s circumstances in real time.<\/p> *The data provided in this response has been sourced from internal management information and was not intended for public release. It should therefore not be compared to any other, similar data subsequently released by the Department. All figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand.<\/em><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2019 to Question 264329, of the 0.749 million claimants with deductions from universal credit for non-universal credit debts, how much debt has been repaid from each benefit in the Prescribed Social Security Benefits / Payments category.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1133172/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government is committed to ensuring that older people receive the support they are entitled to and the DWP targets activity on engaging with people who may be eligible to benefits at pivotal stages, such as when they claim State Pension or report a change in their circumstances. The DWP uses a wide range of channels to communicate information about benefits to potential customers; including information on https://gov.uk/<\/a>, in leaflets and by telephone. DWP staff in Pension Centres and Jobcentres including visiting officers are able to provide help and advice about entitlement to benefits, as are staff in Local Authorities who administer Housing Benefit.<\/p> <\/p> Potential customers can use the Pension Credit https://www.gov.uk/pension-credit-calculator<\/a> to check if they are likely to be eligible and get an estimate of what they may receive. People wishing to claim Pension Credit can do so by calling 0800 99 1234.<\/p> <\/p> |