Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - North Tyneside)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much the Child Maintenance Service has collected in charges since their introduction.
Answered by Priti Patel
Income received from fees and charges for the 2012 Child Maintenance Scheme is disclosed on page 136 of the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts for 2014/15. Up to 31st March 2015, £2.802 million has been collected.
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - North Tyneside)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost to the public purse was of repayments made following the Manual Process 217 computer errors in child maintenance collection.
Answered by Priti Patel
From February 2015 to November 2015 the Department has awarded 305 payments for financial loss under Manual Process 217, at a cost of £122,000.
Note: This figure has been rounded to the closest thousand pounds.
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - North Tyneside)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information his Department holds about costs incurred by people using the Disability Living Allowance helpline; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Mark Harper - Secretary of State for Transport
No information is held about the specific cost incurred by people using the Disability Living Allowance Helpline which can be accessed using an 0345 or 0845 number prefix.
DWP is in the process of removing 0845 number prefixes for its national helplines.
Asked by: Mary Glindon (Labour - North Tyneside)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many hardship payments were made to sanctioned jobseeker's allowance claimants in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
The total number of Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) hardship awards made in each month from April 2011 to March 2012 (the latest available published data) is shown in the table below.
Number of hardship awards in each month 2011-12, Great Britain
Month | No. of awards |
Apr-2011 | 5,000 |
May-2011 | 6,000 |
Jun-2011 | 6,000 |
Jul-2011 | 5,000 |
Aug-2011 | 5,000 |
Sep-2011 | 5,000 |
Oct-2011 | 5,000 |
Nov-2011 | 6,000 |
Dec-2011 | 5,000 |
Jan-2012 | 5,000 |
Feb-2012 | 6,000 |
Mar-2012 | 6,000 |
2011-12 total | 64,000 |
Notes:
The numbers of JSA Hardship Awards were collated from aggregate DWP MISP Management Information. This data is a combination of system and clerically sourced Management Information. It is not considered 100% reliable and may contain duplicates. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 1,000.