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77158

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date	10/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Aids
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued to clinical commissioning groups on the provision of hearing aids free at the point of delivery for patients with mild to moderate hearing loss.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	205037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not issue advice toclinical commissioning groups (CCGs) on hearing aid provision.</p><p> </p><p>Local commissioners are responsible for commissioning the provision of hearing aids for mild to moderate hearing loss, based on the needs of their local population. In doing so, CCGs take into consideration relevant clinical guidance, which may include guidance from appropriate national bodies such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 15/07/2014 13:34:02 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

64579

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
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, with reference the Answer of 27 June 2012, Official Report, column 296, on children: maintenance, what proportion of Child Support Agency arrears cases include arrears that have been suspended; and what steps have since been taken to establish the proportion of cases where arrears have been (a) temporarily and (b) permanently suspended.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	202921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>As of March 2014 approximately 48% of Child Support Agency cases with arrears contained an amount of suspended arrears.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis of a sample of the caseload at November 2013 identified that approximately 14% of suspended arrears on the CS2 computer system were permanently suspended, leaving 86% temporarily suspended.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to produce the proportion of cases temporarily or permanently suspended on the CSCS computer system because the information is not readily available and has not previously been published as official statistics. We will consider whether it is feasible to produce the statistics requested within the disproportionate cost limit, and if so, will issue them in an official statistics release in accordance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>Management information on suspended debt is not available for off system cases, therefore the proportion of cases with arrears that contain suspended arrears has been calculated using CS2 and CSCS cases only.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/07/2014 16:21:22 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

64582

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
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 average amount of child maintenance arrears is owed to parents with care.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	202867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>As at March 2014, the average amount of child maintenance arrears owed to parents with care is £2,146<sup>1</sup>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Notes</p><p>1. Arrears amounts are calculated on cases with a positive outstanding arrears value, against the 1993 and 2003 statutory maintenance schemes only, including cases managed off system.</p><p>The average amount of arrears owed to parents with care is calculated using the proportion of total arrears owed to parents with care and the proportion of cases where arrears are owed to parents with care, on the CSCS and CS2 computer systems only.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/07/2014 16:02:25 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

64583

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
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, how many child support agency arrears cases are cases where there is no ongoing liability.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	202868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>At March 2014 there were 532,500 Child Support Agency cases which had arrears with no ongoing liability.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Note: This includes cases administered on the 1993 and 2003 schemes only.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/07/2014 16:29:27 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

64584

registered interest
date	27/06/2014
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 the Child Support Agency has in place to review decisions taken to temporarily suspend action to recover child maintenance arrears and to establish whether the circumstances which led to the temporary suspension of recovery action have changed.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
uin	202870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>Child Support Agency cases with suspended debt will be investigated if the Agency is made aware of any changes of circumstance that would warrant the suspended debt being collected.</p><p> </p><p>Under the new Child Maintenance Service all cases will be subject to an annual review. If the paying parent is working, the case will be reassessed and, if appropriate, any suspended debt reinstated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 03/07/2014 16:13:03 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd