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1731917

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
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, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the Child Maintenance Service to calculate a paying parent's liability using their household income rather than their individual income.
tabling member constituency	Angus and Perthshire Glens
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	7539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) operates on the principle that both parents have financial responsibility for their child, including contributing to their food and clothing, as well as contributing towards the associated costs of running the home that the child lives in. The calculation represents an amount of money that is broadly commensurate with the amount that a paying parent would spend on the child if they were still living with them.</p><p> </p><p>The CMS will assess how much the paying parent should pay the receiving parent, which in most cases is based on a percentage of the paying parent's gross annual income, before tax and national insurance but after pension contributions. This can also include income from certain assets, savings and investment such as dividends or property income. Income from other members of the household is not considered as they have no financial responsibility for the qualifying child.</p><p> </p><p>The income of the receiving parent is not taken into consideration as they are already contributing as the child's primary caregiver and their income should not remove the responsibility of a paying parent to support their child.</p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western grouped question UIN 7541 question first answered 10/10/2024 14:24:33 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1731918

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
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 the Child Maintenance Service has made of the potential merits of reducing the threshold for unearned income for paying parents from £2,500 to £1,000 in line with HMRC’s annual tax-free allowance.
tabling member constituency	Angus and Perthshire Glens
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	7540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2024 answer text <p>The threshold for unearned income was originally set at £2,500 to ensure that this represented a significant source of a paying parent’s total annual income. This ensures that minor changes in unearned income do not interfere with the efficiency of the system, increasing costs for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>A review is currently ongoing to look at the child maintenance calculation to ensure it is fit for purpose. Unearned income, including the current threshold, falls within the scope of this review.</p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western question first answered 15/10/2024 15:23:47 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1731919

registered interest
date	07/10/2024
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	Childcare: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Child Maintenance Service has made of the potential merits of ensuring that both parents are equally liable for childcare costs.
tabling member constituency	Angus and Perthshire Glens
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	7541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2024 answer text <p>The Child Maintenance Service (CMS) operates on the principle that both parents have financial responsibility for their child, including contributing to their food and clothing, as well as contributing towards the associated costs of running the home that the child lives in. The calculation represents an amount of money that is broadly commensurate with the amount that a paying parent would spend on the child if they were still living with them.</p><p> </p><p>The CMS will assess how much the paying parent should pay the receiving parent, which in most cases is based on a percentage of the paying parent's gross annual income, before tax and national insurance but after pension contributions. This can also include income from certain assets, savings and investment such as dividends or property income. Income from other members of the household is not considered as they have no financial responsibility for the qualifying child.</p><p> </p><p>The income of the receiving parent is not taken into consideration as they are already contributing as the child's primary caregiver and their income should not remove the responsibility of a paying parent to support their child.</p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western grouped question UIN 7539 question first answered 10/10/2024 14:24:33 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1730751

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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 she is taking to improve the success of enforcement measures taken by the Child Maintenance Service on non-paying parents.
tabling member constituency	Angus and Perthshire Glens
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	6470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2024 answer text <p>Where parents frequently change employment, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) can use alternative powers such as deducting child maintenance directly from their bank account. The CMS has a range of strong enforcement options that are designed to get money flowing quickly, prevent the build-up of arrears and ensure children get the financial support they deserve. Upon changing employer, the child maintenance liability will remain unaffected unless there is also a change to income which is greater than 25%.</p><p> </p><p>The Child Support (Enforcement) Act 2023 delivered primary legislation to accelerate the enforcement process. The changes seek to introduce a simpler administrative process to obtain a liability order against those paying parents who actively avoid their responsibilities, enabling the CMS to take faster enforcement action. We will monitor the effectiveness of this.</p><p></p><p>The CMS has a relatively low percentage of unpaid maintenance. Only 8% of the total maintenance due to be paid since the start of the CMS remains to be collected through the collect &amp; pay service. This was as high as 17% in March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western grouped question UIN 6471 question first answered 09/10/2024 15:30:05 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1730752

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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 she is taking to ensure that parents are not able to avoid (a) Child Maintenance liability and (b) Deduction of Earning Orders by changing employment.
tabling member constituency	Angus and Perthshire Glens
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	6471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2024 answer text <p>Where parents frequently change employment, the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) can use alternative powers such as deducting child maintenance directly from their bank account. The CMS has a range of strong enforcement options that are designed to get money flowing quickly, prevent the build-up of arrears and ensure children get the financial support they deserve. Upon changing employer, the child maintenance liability will remain unaffected unless there is also a change to income which is greater than 25%.</p><p> </p><p>The Child Support (Enforcement) Act 2023 delivered primary legislation to accelerate the enforcement process. The changes seek to introduce a simpler administrative process to obtain a liability order against those paying parents who actively avoid their responsibilities, enabling the CMS to take faster enforcement action. We will monitor the effectiveness of this.</p><p></p><p>The CMS has a relatively low percentage of unpaid maintenance. Only 8% of the total maintenance due to be paid since the start of the CMS remains to be collected through the collect &amp; pay service. This was as high as 17% in March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Stretford and Urmston answering member printed Andrew Western grouped question UIN 6470 question first answered 09/10/2024 15:30:06 answering member 4979 label Biography information for Andrew Western
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1725693

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of changes in the number of jobs in the (a) oil and (b) gas sector in (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland in each of the next 30 years.
tabling member constituency	Angus and Perthshire Glens
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	3089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold these estimates.</p><p> </p><p>According to ONS data<a href="http://wqa.parliament.uk" target="_blank"><sup>[1]</sup></a>, direct jobs in oil and gas extraction fell by around a third between 2014 and 2022 (from c.42k to c.28k). Of all current direct offshore oil and gas jobs, roughly 80% are in Scotland<a href="http://wqa.parliament.uk" target="_blank"><sup>[2]</sup></a>.</p><p> </p><p>As Britain becomes a clean energy superpower, the Government is determined to create new high-quality jobs to ensure a phased and responsible transition in the North Sea.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://wqa.parliament.uk" target="_blank"><sup>[1]</sup></a> ONS Business Register and Employment Survey - <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Femploymentandlabourmarket%2Fpeopleinwork%2Femploymentandemployeetypes%2Fdatasets%2Findustry235digitsicbusinessregisterandemploymentsurveybrestable2&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Cc37623f74caf4dd002a608dccc03d562%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638609564064930981%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Vr%2BpYJ1UdPyJ5K9IfxHHvmerkGm2oPgPEDmGgA2XEyU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/industry235digitsicbusinessregisterandemploymentsurveybrestable2</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://wqa.parliament.uk" target="_blank"><sup>[2]</sup></a> ONS Business Register and Employment data from NOMIS - (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nomisweb.co.uk%2Fquery%2Fselect%2Fgetdatasetbytheme.asp%3Ftheme%3D27%26subgrp%3DPrevious%2Bemployment%2Bsurveys&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Cc37623f74caf4dd002a608dccc03d562%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638609564064948874%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iE16ruPAmzX8UbxXGFHRgIL0nFVZh%2Fos14uCGsp6ilg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/getdatasetbytheme.asp?theme=27&amp;subgrp=Previous+employment+surveys</a>)</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 04/09/2024 08:25:17 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1725694

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Electric Cables: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the relative costs per km of (a) overhead, (b) underground and (c) offshore electricity transmission cables.
tabling member constituency	Angus and Perthshire Glens
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	3090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government keeps abreast of the various technologies that can be used to help us achieve clean power by 2030, including the various means of laying cable, but has not yet made an estimate of the relative costs of cabling since it came into power.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 04/09/2024 08:22:39 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1725731

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on the format of payments from the infected blood compensation scheme; whether he has had discussions with each devolved Administration on their presumed approach in terms of lump-sum versus monthly payments; and what assessment his Department has made of each devolved Administration's presumed approach.
tabling member constituency	Angus and Perthshire Glens
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	3091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>I met the Health Ministers for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland ahead of the announcement on 16 August, and officials meet on a regular basis to discuss the progress of the Infected Blood Compensation Scheme. The Scheme will operate across the UK and the Infected Blood Compensation Authority has been set up to deliver compensation payments to people infected and affected, and will work across the whole country as a single point administering compensation. We are committed to working closely with devolved governments and their support scheme administrators as we move forward with this work.</p> answering member constituency Torfaen answering member printed Nick Thomas-Symonds question first answered 04/09/2024 15:13:59 answering member 4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1724481

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Wind Power: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether wind farm developments which receive investment from GB Energy will be eligible for contracts via the Contracts for Difference scheme.
tabling member constituency	Angus and Perthshire Glens
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	2477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>The way that Great British Energy interacts with other existing and new government policies influencing the energy system, including the Contracts for Difference Scheme, will be determined in due course. Great British Energy’s activities will be compliant with the Subsidy Control Act and Windsor Framework.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 04/09/2024 06:24:23 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1724482

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Great British Energy: Innovation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether any of Great British Energy's 8.3bn budget will be spent on funding (a) the offshore renewable energy catapult and (b) other existing technology investment initiatives.
tabling member constituency	Angus and Perthshire Glens
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	2478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2024 answer text <p>Great British Energy will invest in, own and operate projects which will produce clean, cheap and homegrown energy and make Britain energy secure. It will be backed by a capitalisation of £8.3bn of new money over this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>Government will clarify the relationship between Great British Energy and existing technology investment schemes and initiatives, such as the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 06/09/2024 06:33:39 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan