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731385

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	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	Social Security Benefits: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what evidence a claimant will have to provide to secure an exemption in relation to support for a child conceived without your consent.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	10
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>We recognise that this is a difficult and sensitive issue, and have set up procedures that are mindful of the sensitivities involved. To claim the exception the claimant will need to provide a completed pro-forma from an approved third party or evidence relating to either a relevant criminal conviction or relevant award of criminal injuries compensation. DWP staff will not question the claimant about the incident, they will only take the claim and receive the supporting documents. Claimants will be asked to confirm that they are not living with the other biological parent of the child during the process of providing evidence. They will not be asked to identify the alleged perpetrator.</p><p>Where a pro-forma is provided from a third party, DWP staff will check that the form is complete and verified by an approved third party. Where other evidence is provided this will be checked and returned to the claimant.</p><p>The decision regarding entitlement to the exception will be subject to the normal mandatory reconsideration and appeal process.</p><p>DWP will hold exception information for the duration of an open claim and then for 14 months after a claim is closed. This is in accordance with standard procedures and to ensure that the 14 month maximum appeal period for decisions is observed.</p><p>Where a claimant moves between Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit, the information with regard to the exception will be shared between DWP and HMRC to prevent the claimant from having to provide evidence for the exception a second time. A secure data transfer method has been set up to manage this process. In the case of an appeal, information will be shared with HMCTS to facilitate the appeal. This will be managed in line with data protection requirements.</p><p>Any disclosure request for information in relation to the exception would be considered in liaison with the prosecuting authority as appropriate, in accordance with procedures and practice applicable in the jurisdiction concerned and taking account of particular circumstances, including the relevance of the documents requested to the case and all applicable legal considerations including those relating to data protection.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds grouped question UIN 11 12 15 17 22 question first answered 29/06/2017 11:06:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

422181

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of limiting (a) child tax credit and (b) the child element of universal credit on parents (i) in BME communities, (ii) who are considering fostering or adoption and (iii) who are the victims of domestic violence.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea East
	tabling member printed	Carolyn Harris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	12346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>The government is committed to a fair tax and welfare system and wants to move from a low wage, high tax and high welfare economy to a higher wage, lower tax and lower welfare society. The intended impact of these reforms is to incentivise work and ensure work always pays.</p><br /><p>The government has fully assessed the impacts on equalities of the measures announced at Summer Budget, meeting our obligations as set out in the Public Sector Equality Duty.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 27/10/2015 16:05:20 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4480 label Biography information for Carolyn Harris

432625

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the effect on the household income of a family in receipt of tax credits with (a) three, (b) four and (c) five children of the Government's proposals to limit claims for tax credit and universal credit to two children as announced in the Summer Budget 2015 and the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	17935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>At Summer Budget the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that families will no longer be able to claim additional support through Child Tax Credit or Universal Credit for third or subsequent children in a family where the child is born after April 2017. In addition families making a completely new claim to Universal Credit after April 2017 will no longer be entitled to support for their third or subsequent children.</p><br /><p>A family currently claiming Child Tax Credit with three or more children will see no change to their household income because of this change. This policy will only affect families claiming Child Tax Credit where they have a third or subsequent child on or after 6 April 2017.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 03/12/2015 16:32:19 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

77866

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many adults claim child tax credit for children not residing in the UK; and for how many children such UK child benefit is claimed.
	tabling member constituency	Daventry
	tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	205924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The main purpose of child benefit and the child tax credit is to support families in the UK. Consequently, the rules for these benefits generally do not provide for them to be paid in respect of children who live abroad.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, both child benefit and the child tax credit are family benefits under EC Regulation 883/2004. This regulation protects the social security rights of nationals of all member states of the European economic area, including the UK, and Switzerland when they exercise their rights of free movement under EU law.</p><p> </p><p>I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given on 14 May 2014, <em>Official report</em>, columns 676W-677W, for details about the number of claims for family benefits paid under the EC Regulations for children resident in another member state and which member states such children reside.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 22/07/2014 13:06:00 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

349839

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value was of (a) child benefit and (b) child tax credit paid to parents in respect of children not residing in the UK in the most recent year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The information is not available.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/06/2015 16:04:27 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

349840

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many awards of (a) child benefit and (b) child tax credit were made to parents in respect of a child not residing in the UK in the most recent year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The main purpose of child benefit and the child tax credit is to support families in the UK. Consequently, the rules for these benefits generally do not provide for them to be paid in respect of children who live abroad.</p><p> </p><p>Nevertheless, both child benefit and the child tax credit are family benefits under EC Regulation 883/2004. This regulation protects the social security rights of nationals of all member states of the European economic area (EEA), including the UK, and Switzerland when they exercise their rights of free movement under EU law.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As at 31 March 2015, there were 19,579 ongoing child benefit awards under EC Regulation 883/2004 in respect of 32,408 children living in another member state and 7,026 ongoing child tax credit awards under the regulation in respect of 11,762 children living in another member state.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with European partners to renegotiate the relevant social security co-ordination rules to remove the requirement to pay Child Benefit and Child Tax Credit in respect of children outside the UK.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 16/06/2015 16:03:33 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

143357

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value is of benefit claims made by adults in the UK in respect of children resident in another country since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	213911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 17/11/2014 15:49:11 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

147443

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many benefit claims have been made by adults in the UK in respect of children resident in another country since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	214066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The information is not held.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 214067 question first answered 19/11/2014 13:59:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

147444

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for how many children resident in another country benefit claims have been made by adults in the UK since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds West
	tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	214067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>The information is not held.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel grouped question UIN 214066 question first answered 19/11/2014 13:59:07 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

381144

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the effect on the value of (a) child benefit and (b) child tax credit of a two-year freeze on working-age benefits.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>Further detail on welfare reforms will be set out at the Summer Budget on 8 July.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/06/2015 13:37:37 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham