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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 19 Apr 2017
Universal Credit

"I remind the Minister that the debate will finish at 4.22 pm, and I ask him to try to leave a couple of minutes for Catherine McKinnell to wind up before that...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Mar 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"My right hon. Friend is right to note that 96,000 new businesses have been started by jobseekers, but many jobseekers still do not know what help is provided under the universal credit system and the new enterprise allowance. Will he say what his Department is doing to increase awareness of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Feb 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that there is no evidence to suggest that we are going to lose 3 million jobs, as we were so often warned would happen if we left the European Union? Given the recent announcements that thousands of new jobs would be located in this …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Jan 2017
Jobcentre Plus Offices: Closure

"The staff and users of the Bury Jobcentre Plus office will be delighted that it will remain open, but will my hon. Friend say when her Department next plans to review the number of Jobcentre Plus offices?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 09 Jan 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"Happy new year, Mr Speaker.

Does my right hon. Friend agree that rather than denigrating people who become self-employed, we ought to be celebrating the fact that they are prepared to take a risk that many others are not? Will he make it as easy as possible for them to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 02 Dec 2016
Benefit Claimants Sanctions (Required Assessment) Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 02 Dec 2016
Benefit Claimants Sanctions (Required Assessment) Bill

"The hon. Lady has just said that we do not know the costs. Earlier in this debate, the hon. Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire South (Mhairi Black) suggested that the explanatory notes contain figures on the cost of the Bill. I have looked again at those explanatory notes, just in …..."
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Written Question
Children: Maintenance
Thursday 24th November 2016

Asked by: David Nuttall (Conservative - Bury North)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what process or procedure a non-resident parent can use to request an updated salary figure to be used if it has changed by less that 25 per cent from historic income records for the purpose of calculating child maintenance.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

My Department has no plans to change its current approach to assessing income. Information obtained from HMRC, for use in calculating maintenance, is for the most recent year for which they hold a complete tax record.

In cases where a parent provides evidence that the income figure used is not the most recent tax year for which HMRC have complete information, for example because the client’s tax record is clerical, there is an escalation process which allows HMRC either to confirm the information already provided as correct, or to provide an updated Historic Income figure.

If at any point an individual’s income changes by at least 25 per cent, the Department may make a new assessment based on current earnings information provided by the paying parent. Setting the threshold at 25 per cent helps to provide stability in the financial arrangements for both the parent with care and non-resident parent. The Department has no plan to review this threshold. At annual review, there is no threshold and the calculation will be amended to reflect the latest income information received from HMRC.

Written Question
Children: Maintenance
Thursday 24th November 2016

Asked by: David Nuttall (Conservative - Bury North)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the level of historic income in a non-resident parent's salary within the Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012 in order to allow for a more recent updated calculation of maintenance payments to be made.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

My Department has no plans to change its current approach to assessing income. Information obtained from HMRC, for use in calculating maintenance, is for the most recent year for which they hold a complete tax record.

In cases where a parent provides evidence that the income figure used is not the most recent tax year for which HMRC have complete information, for example because the client’s tax record is clerical, there is an escalation process which allows HMRC either to confirm the information already provided as correct, or to provide an updated Historic Income figure.

If at any point an individual’s income changes by at least 25 per cent, the Department may make a new assessment based on current earnings information provided by the paying parent. Setting the threshold at 25 per cent helps to provide stability in the financial arrangements for both the parent with care and non-resident parent. The Department has no plan to review this threshold. At annual review, there is no threshold and the calculation will be amended to reflect the latest income information received from HMRC.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 15 Nov 2016
State Pension Age: Women

"I am looking to start the contributions from Front Benchers at 10.30 am, so based on the number of speakers I have been notified of, that will mean about five minutes maximum per speaker. I call Tom Elliott...."
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