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1205643

registered interest
date	19/06/2020
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 assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of guaranteeing a minimum child maintenance payment during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	61732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>There is no plan for any such assessment, the purpose of the Child Maintenance Service is to facilitate the payment of child maintenance between separated parents.</p><p> </p><p>No one should use the pandemic as an excuse to avoid their child maintenance payments. Where paying parents experience a change in income, we can review their case and check if the amount paid should change. If it does not, they should continue to make payments.</p><p>We know the majority of parents take their responsibilities extremely seriously and will do what is needed to ensure their children are supported.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/06/2020 16:51:36 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1205671

registered interest
date	19/06/2020
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 steps is the Child Maintenance Service taking to assess the finances of parents claiming they cannot pay due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	61721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>No one should use this time as an excuse to avoid their child maintenance payments. However, where paying parents experience a change in income, we can review their case and check if the amount paid should change. If it does not, they should continue to make payments.</p><p> </p><p>No one will get away with giving false information and those abusing the system will find themselves subject to the full extent of our enforcement powers.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/06/2020 17:00:01 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1205676

registered interest
date	19/06/2020
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	Child Maintenance Service: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will place in the Library any guidance or training materials that were issued by her Department to the Child Maintenance Service on how to manage changes in procedure in response to the covid-19 outbreak where domestic abuse was a factor.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	61722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>All CMS staff are trained in how to support women who disclose domestic abuse and have access to The Domestic Abuse Plan which guides caseworkers through the appropriate action to take to help safeguard vulnerable women.</p><p>There are currently no plans to place Child Maintenance Service guidance or training materials in the Library.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/06/2020 16:47:51 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1205680

registered interest
date	19/06/2020
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	Child Maintenance Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what training is provided to staff at the Child Maintenance Service on domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	61723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>All CMS staff are trained in how to support women who disclose domestic abuse and have access to The Domestic Abuse Plan which guides caseworkers through the appropriate action to take to help safeguard vulnerable women..</p><p>Additionally, earlier this year we introduced a bespoke Domestic Abuse Awareness training course that was developed with Women’s Aid and has been delivered for our staff across the country.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/06/2020 16:51:38 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1205726

registered interest
date	19/06/2020
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	Health and Safety Executive: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether additional funding has been allocated to the Health & Safety Executive to increase the Executive's level of staffing during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	61814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>I refer the hon. member to my response to question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons,lords&amp;uin=41525" target="_blank">41525</a>.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/06/2020 14:35:35 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1205730

registered interest
date	19/06/2020
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	Future Jobs Fund: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of a future jobs fund to assist with job creation in (a) Tameside and (b) Stockport.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	61683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>DWP is engaging cross-government to understand supply &amp; demand across the labour market throughout and beyond the COVID-19 crisis.</p><p> </p><p>We are in discussions with other Government Departments and a range of stakeholders to explore all options to ensure the right support is in place for individuals who have been adversely impacted by COVID that will meet the needs of the individual as well as local priorities.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/06/2020 14:40:31 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1205736

registered interest
date	19/06/2020
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	State Retirement Pensions: Civil Partners and Married People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether (a) members of civil partnerships and (b) members of same sex marriages are able to claim a Category BL pension based on the contributions of a civil partner or spouse; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
uin	61703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>Civil Partners and those in same sex marriages, who reach State Pension age before 6 April 2016, can derive entitlement to a Category BL basic State Pension if they fall into one of two groups. Either, they have no entitlement to basic State Pension based on their National Insurance contributions, or they get a basic State Pension of less than £80.45 per week (in 2020/21).</p><p> </p><p>In all cases, their spouse or civil partner must have been born on or after 6 April 1950.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 24/06/2020 15:58:30 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

1205147

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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	Local Housing Allowance: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of raising the local housing allowance to the fiftieth percentile to support renters during the outbreak of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	61499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>We increased Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30<sup>th</sup> percentile of local rents, providing additional financial support for private renters, further to lobbying from homeless charities. This significant investment of almost £1 billion, ensures over 1 million households will see an increase, on average, of £600 per year.</p><p> </p><p>For renters whose circumstances mean they may require more support, Discretionary Housing Payments are also available. We have already provided £180m in Discretionary Housing Payment funding to local authorities to support vulnerable claimants with housing costs in the private and social rented sector in England and Wales for 2020/21. This includes an extra £40m announced at the spending round.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 24/06/2020 14:53:32 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1205326

registered interest
date	18/06/2020
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	Jobcentres: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many additional work coaches she plans to recruit by September 2020.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	61503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department is continually assessing the service being offered to customers and we continue to keep staff numbers under review as part of our response to the impact of COVID-19 on the labour market.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/06/2020 12:40:44 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1204927

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
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: Slough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to reduce the level of unemployment in the Slough constituency as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	60849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2020 answer text <p>Slough Jobcentre plus has continued to support the local community during the Covid-19 outbreak. This includes working with partner and provider organisations such as the National Careers Service to host virtual job fairs, promote traineeships, support the development of skills, and actively promote vacancies. There is an increased social media presence to support claimants digitally as well as the exploration of utilising existing funding streams to support customers, such as the Flexible Support Fund.</p><p> </p><p>DWP have developed and launched two new websites, <a href="https://jobhelp.campaign.gov.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIw-HQqaH36QIVnIBQBh1jkw9aEAAYASAAEgJHW_D_BwE" target="_blank">Job Help</a> and <a href="https://employerhelp.dwp.gov.uk/find-candidates/advertise-your-vacancies/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI5qKFvKH36QIVVODtCh3eYgmcEAAYASAAEgKOWPD_BwE" target="_blank">Employer Help</a>, that directly link to <a href="https://findajob.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Find a Job</a>. These sites promote a range of guidance and advice supporting decisions on identifying transferrable skills, promoting opportunities of seeking alternative roles or working in different sectors of the economy. Find a Job is a central place for employers to post their vacancies and for job seekers to look for work.</p> answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/06/2020 15:16:55 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies previous answer version 31024 answering member constituency Mid Sussex answering member printed Mims Davies answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi