Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-disclosure agreements her Department entered into in 2011.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
On 1st February 2015 guidance was implemented by the Cabinet Office explaining the principles and process to be followed when considering the use of settlement agreements when terminating employment resulting in the requirement to seek Ministerial approval.
DWP would use confidentiality clauses only with great exception and after obtaining appropriate approval. We have no record of DWP ever having requested, let alone received, such approval.
During the period 2005 to February 2015 records covering the use of any such agreements are not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-disclosure agreements her Department entered into in 2012.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
On 1st February 2015 guidance was implemented by the Cabinet Office explaining the principles and process to be followed when considering the use of settlement agreements when terminating employment resulting in the requirement to seek Ministerial approval.
DWP would use confidentiality clauses only with great exception and after obtaining appropriate approval. We have no record of DWP ever having requested, let alone received, such approval.
During the period 2005 to February 2015 records covering the use of any such agreements are not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-disclosure agreements her Department entered into in 2013.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
On 1st February 2015 guidance was implemented by the Cabinet Office explaining the principles and process to be followed when considering the use of settlement agreements when terminating employment resulting in the requirement to seek Ministerial approval.
DWP would use confidentiality clauses only with great exception and after obtaining appropriate approval. We have no record of DWP ever having requested, let alone received, such approval.
During the period 2005 to February 2015 records covering the use of any such agreements are not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-disclosure agreements her Department entered into in 2014.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
On 1st February 2015 guidance was implemented by the Cabinet Office explaining the principles and process to be followed when considering the use of settlement agreements when terminating employment resulting in the requirement to seek Ministerial approval.
DWP would use confidentiality clauses only with great exception and after obtaining appropriate approval. We have no record of DWP ever having requested, let alone received, such approval.
During the period 2005 to February 2015 records covering the use of any such agreements are not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-disclosure agreements her Department entered into in 2015.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
On 1st February 2015 guidance was implemented by the Cabinet Office explaining the principles and process to be followed when considering the use of settlement agreements when terminating employment resulting in the requirement to seek Ministerial approval.
DWP would use confidentiality clauses only with great exception and after obtaining appropriate approval. We have no record of DWP ever having requested, let alone received, such approval.
During the period 2005 to February 2015 records covering the use of any such agreements are not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-disclosure agreements her Department entered into in 2016.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
On 1st February 2015 guidance was implemented by the Cabinet Office explaining the principles and process to be followed when considering the use of settlement agreements when terminating employment resulting in the requirement to seek Ministerial approval.
DWP would use confidentiality clauses only with great exception and after obtaining appropriate approval. We have no record of DWP ever having requested, let alone received, such approval.
During the period 2005 to February 2015 records covering the use of any such agreements are not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-disclosure agreements her Department entered into in 2017.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
On 1st February 2015 guidance was implemented by the Cabinet Office explaining the principles and process to be followed when considering the use of settlement agreements when terminating employment resulting in the requirement to seek Ministerial approval.
DWP would use confidentiality clauses only with great exception and after obtaining appropriate approval. We have no record of DWP ever having requested, let alone received, such approval.
During the period 2005 to February 2015 records covering the use of any such agreements are not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many non-disclosure agreements her Department entered into in 2018.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
On 1st February 2015 guidance was implemented by the Cabinet Office explaining the principles and process to be followed when considering the use of settlement agreements when terminating employment resulting in the requirement to seek Ministerial approval.
DWP would use confidentiality clauses only with great exception and after obtaining appropriate approval. We have no record of DWP ever having requested, let alone received, such approval.
During the period 2005 to February 2015 records covering the use of any such agreements are not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average deduction of wages was for (a) one child, (b) two children and (c) three children by (i) the Child Support Agency and (ii) the Child Maintenance Service in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The following table provides the average quarterly amounts paid through a deduction from earning order/request for each available quarter in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018.
Figures are up to the quarter ending September 2018. This is consistent with the latest Official Statistics on the Child Maintenance Service and the Child Support Agency (CSA).
Data relating to the Child Maintenance Service is not readily available before July 2017.
For the Child Support Agency, in the quarter ending September 2018, there were no liabilities for cases with 3 or more children.
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Number of Children |
| 1 | 2 | 3 or more |
| 1 | 2 | 3 or more |
Quarter ending |
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Mar-16 |
| £523 | £735 | £792 |
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Jun-16 |
| £532 | £745 | £804 |
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Sep-16 |
| £539 | £750 | £814 |
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Dec-16 |
| £529 | £733 | £799 |
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Mar-17 |
| £517 | £716 | £783 |
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Jun-17 |
| £514 | £710 | £774 |
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Sep-17 |
| £520 | £724 | £893 |
| £567 | £686 | £778 |
Dec-17 |
| £537 | £749 | £920 |
| £559 | £691 | £791 |
Mar-18 |
| £539 | £745 | £948 |
| £575 | £706 | £786 |
Jun-181 |
| £475 | £585 | £1,063 |
| £591 | £725 | £815 |
Sep-181 |
| £455 | £1,187 | - |
| £600 | £738 | £840 |
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Figures are rounded to the nearest £.
Figures for three or more children are presented together as the rate at which a non-resident/paying parent is liable to pay does not change after three children.
The caseload on CSA is falling at a faster rate as we are approaching the end of the Case Closure programme. We have now ended liabilities on the majority of CSA cases and will be taking steps to conclude the remaining cases before the end of 2018.
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether there is a bonus scheme in the Child Support Agency.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Child Support Agency (CSA) is part of the Department for Work and Pensions and staff in CSA are therefore eligible to receive rewards in line with the broader DWP reward and recognition policies.